Bisulfate, inorganic salts

Typical behaviour of osmotic and activity coefficients as calculated using Eqs. (5.36) and (5.37), is illustrated for trisodium citrate and tripotassium citrate in Fig. 5.15. It can be observed, that values of the (/w) and y+(/w) coefficients after a strong fall in very dilute solutions depend rather weakly on the citrate concentration. Since a T-,m) values are nearly temperature independent, the same is observed in the case osmotic and activity coefficients. It is worthwhile to mention that the Pitzer model was also used by Schunk and Maurer [163] when they determined water activities at 25 °C in ternary systems (citric acid + inorganic salt). The interactions parameters between ions, which were applied to represent activities in ternary systems, were calculated by taking into account the dissociation steps of citric acid and the formation of bisulfate ions for solutions with sodium sulfate. 

Plants can also be pests that need to be controlled, particulady noxious weeds infesting food crops. Prior to 1900, inorganic compounds such as sulfuric acid, copper nitrate, sodium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and potassium salts were used to selectively control mustards and other broadleaved weeds in cereal grains. By the early 1900s, Kainite and calcium cyanamid were also used in monocotyledenous crops, as well as iron sulfate, copper sulfate, and sodium arsenate. Prom 1915 to 1925, acid arsenical sprays, carbon bisulfate, sodium chlorate, and others were introduced for weed control use. Total or nonselective herbicides kill all vegetation, whereas selective compounds control weeds without adversely affecting the growth of the crop (see Herbicides). 

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