We present traceable three-parameter
extended Hückel equations
for the activity coefficient of sodium chloride and for the osmotic
coefficient of water in aqueous NaCl solutions from 273.15 to 373.15
K. In this temperature range, our equations seem to apply within experimental
error to all thermodynamic data available for these solutions up to
the molality of the saturated solution. Our previous studies (J. Chem. Eng. Data
2017, 62, 2617–2632
and 2019, 64, 16–33) showed that, from 273.15
to 373.15 K, two-parameter Hückel equations can successfully
explain the literature results of electrochemical, isopiestic, and
cryoscopic measurements at least up to a molality of 0.2 mol·kg–1. The model recommended in this study employs the
values of our previous two-parameter model for the ion-size parameter
in the original Debye–Hückel equation, B, and for the coefficient of the linear term with respect to the
molality, b
1. In addition, it includes
a quadratic term with respect to the molality with the coefficient b
2. Both b
1 and b
2 are quadratically dependent on temperature.
With the introduction of b
2, our model
is able to explain the existing vapor pressure, electrochemical, and
solubility data from 273.15 to 373.15 K up to the saturated solution.
A comparison with the most important literature values for the activity
and osmotic coefficients revealed that the agreement is always at
least satisfactory, but is best for temperatures below 363 K. On the
basis of these results, our activity and osmotic coefficients are
the most reliable values for these thermodynamic quantities so far.
We propose this is true also for the values from 363 to 373 K.