Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 1983, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (1): 43-48.

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MEASUREMENT OF SODIUM ACTIVITY IN DILUTED LIQUID SODIUM AMALGAM USING SOLID ELECTROLYTE CELL Na|β-Al2O3|NaxHg1-x

SUN CHENGWEN, KUO CHUKUN, CAO JIADI   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Received:1981-12-29 Online:1983-03-31 Published:1983-03-31

Abstract: Sodium activity coefficient in liquid sodium amalgam has been determined by measuring the emf of the solid electrolyte cell Na|β-Al2O3|NaxHg1-x, for x=0.00001 to 0.055 at temperatures from 303.15 K to 383.15 K. The temperature dependence of the emf of the cells with various x values shows several small breaks located at ca. 318.15K, 333. 15K, 353.15 K and 370.85 K respectively. The discrepancies of the emf-temperature coefficients in different temperature-intervals decrease gradually with decreasing x values. Experimental parameter eguations determined for (1) emf of the cells (E), (2) sodium activity coefficients in amalgams (γNa), and (3) standard emf (E0) of the cell consisting of pure sodium and a hypothetical sodium amalgam with state extrapolated from a reference state at infinite dilution are as follows.