Densities of the binary systems (NaI
+ H2O) and (NaIO3 + H2O) were measured
by an accurate Anton Paar
Digital vibrating-tube densimeter at temperature intervals of 5 K
ranging from 283.15 to 353.15 K at ambient pressure and molalities
of sodium iodide and sodium iodate ranging from 0.16764 to 2.15208
and 0.02252 to 0.15952 mol kg–1, respectively. Based
on the experimental density data of the binary systems (NaI + H2O) and (NaIO3 + H2O), thermal expansion
coefficient (α) and apparent molar volume (V
ϕ) are obtained using an empirical equation calculation,
and the diagram for the relationship between temperature and molality
was plotted. According to the Pitzer ion-interaction model of the
apparent molar volume, Pitzer single salt parameters β(0)v M.X, β(1)v M.X, and Cv M.X and their correlation coefficients a
i
of the temperature-dependent equation f(i, p, T) = a
1 + a
2ln(T/298.15) + a
3(T – 298.15) + a
4/(620 – T) + a
5/(T –
227) (where T is the temperature in Kelvin and a
i
values are the correlation
coefficients) for NaI and NaIO3 were first obtained by
the least-squares method. The obtained apparent molar volumes agree
well with the experimental values, and these results indicated that
the single salt parameters and the temperature-dependent formula obtained
in this work were reliable.