Vapor pressure data of geologically and industrially important
aqueous solutions containing two or more electrolytes are lacking,
especially at high temperatures (>373 K). In this study, a method
was developed to measure the vapor pressures of aqueous solutions
containing both NaCl and KCl, with molalities of (1) 0.5 mol/kg NaCl
and 0.5 mol/kg KCl, (2) 1 mol/kg NaCl and 1 mol/kg KCl, and (3) 2
mol/kg NaCl and 2 mol/kg KCl, at temperatures from 493.15 to 693.25
K. This method was verified by comparing our measured vapor pressures
of pure H2O with the previously well-established data and
was further tested by comparing our measured vapor pressures of aqueous
solutions containing either NaCl or KCl at 1 and 3 mol/kg concentrations
with previous data and models. This study not only provided the vapor
pressure data for the ternary NaCl–KCl–H2O system at elevated temperatures for the first time but also established
a reliable experimental method for vapor pressure measurements of
multicomponent aqueous solutions commonly involved in various geological
and industrial processes at elevated temperatures.