Gibbs energy activity coefficient

Appendix A9.2 Multicomponent Excess Gibbs Energy (Activity Coefficient) Models... 

Null (1970) discusses some alternate models for the excess Gibbs energy which appear to be well suited for systems whose activity coefficients show extrema. 

The quantitative relationship between the degree of adsorption at a solution iaterface (7), G—L or L—L, and the lowering of the free-surface energy can be deduced by usiag an approximate form of the Gibbs adsorption isotherm (eq. 9), which is appHcable to dilute biaary solutions where the activity coefficient is unity and the radius of curvature of the surface is not too great ... 

The difference on the left is the partial excess Gibbs energy G y the dimensionless mXio J on the right is called the activity coefficient of species i in solution, y. Thus, by definition. 

An overview of some basic mathematical techniques for data correlation is to be found herein together with background on several types of physical property correlating techniques and a road map for the use of selected methods. Methods are presented for the correlation of observed experimental data to physical properties such as critical properties, normal boiling point, molar volume, vapor pressure, heats of vaporization and fusion, heat capacity, surface tension, viscosity, thermal conductivity, acentric factor, flammability limits, enthalpy of formation, Gibbs energy, entropy, activity coefficients, Henry s constant, octanol—water partition coefficients, diffusion coefficients, virial coefficients, chemical reactivity, and toxicological parameters. 

A.ctivity Coefficients. Activity coefficients in Hquid mixtures are directiy related to the molar excess Gibbs energy of mixing, AG, which is defined as the difference in the molar Gibbs energy of mixing between the real and ideal mixtures. It is typically an assumed function. Various functional forms of AG give rise to many of the different activity coefficient models found in the Hterature (1—3,18). Typically, the Hquid-phase activity coefficient is a function of temperature and composition expHcit pressure dependence is rarely included. 

Gamma/Phi Approach For many XT E systems of interest the pressure is low enough that a relatively simple equation of state, such as the two-term virial equation, is satisfactoiy for the vapor phase. Liquid-phase behavior, on the other hand, may be conveniently described by an equation for the excess Gibbs energy, from which activity coefficients are derived. The fugacity of species i in the liquid phase is then given by Eq. (4-102), written... 

The activity coefficient y,fpr) is determined by differentiation of gE, the molar excess Gibbs energy at reference pressure Pr,... 

The behaviour of most metallurgically important solutions could be described by certain simple laws. These laws and several other pertinent aspects of solution behaviour are described in this section. The laws of Raoult, Henry and Sievert are presented first. Next, certain parameters such as activity, activity coefficient, chemical potential, and relative partial and integral molar free energies, which are essential for thermodynamic detailing of solution behaviour, are defined. This is followed by a discussion on the Gibbs-Duhem equation and ideal and nonideal solutions. The special case of nonideal solutions, termed as a regular solution, is then presented wherein the concept of excess thermodynamic functions has been used. 

This coefficient has various names (medium effect, solvation activity coefficient, etc.) the name recommended by the responsible IUPAC commission is the transfer activity coefficient. In this book the effect of solvation in various solvents will be expressed exclusively in terms of standard Gibbs transfer energies. 

For correlation of solubility, the correct thermodynamic quantities for correlation are the activity coefficient y, or the excess Gibbs free energy AG, as discussed by Pierotti et al. (1959) and Tsonopoulos and Prausnitz (1971). Examples of such correlations are given below. 

The quantity a is the anodic transfer coefficient-, the factor l/F was introduced, because Fcf> is the electrostatic contribution to the molar Gibbs energy, and the sign was chosen such that a is positive - obviously an increase in the electrode potential makes the anodic reaction go faster, and decreases the corresponding energy of activation. Note that a is dimensionless. For the cathodic reaction ... 

The transfer coefficient a has a dual role (1) It determines the dependence of the current on the electrode potential. (2) It gives the variation of the Gibbs energy of activation with potential, and hence affects the temperature dependence of the current. If an experimental value for a is obtained from current-potential curves, its value should be independent of temperature. A small temperature dependence may arise from quantum effects (not treated here), but a strong dependence is not compatible with an outer-sphere mechanism. 

The Gibbs energy of activation in Eq. (5.4) can be split into an enthalpy and an entropy term AGjx = AH x - T AS]x. Define two transfer coefficients... 

All quantities in Eq. (12.6) are measurable The concentrations can be determined by titration, and the combination of chemical potentials in the exponent is the standard Gibbs energy of transfer of the salt, which is measurable, just like the mean ionic activity coefficients, because they refer to an uncharged species. In contrast, the difference in the inner potential is not measurable, and neither are the individual ionic chemical potentials and activity coefficients that appear on the right-hand side of Eq. (12.3). 

The partial molar Gibbs energy of mixing of a component i in a non-ideal mixture can in general be expressed in terms of activity coefficients as... 

Using eq. (3.34) the excess Gibbs energy of mixing is given in terms of the mole fractions and the activity coefficients as... 

Here /g,hq and y ,ss are the activity coefficients of component B in the liquid and solid solutions at infinite dilution with pure solid and liquid taken as reference states. A fus A" is the standard molar entropy of fusion of component A at its fusion temperature Tfus A and AfusGg is the standard molar Gibbs energy of fusion of component B with the same crystal structure as component A at the melting temperature of component A. 

Similar expressions can be derived for the partial molar Gibbs energy of mixing and the activity coefficient of component B. 

In principle, Gibbs free energies of transfer for trihalides can be obtained from solubilities in water and in nonaqueous or mixed aqueous solutions. However, there are two major obstacles here. The first is the prevalence of hydrates and solvates. This may complicate the calculation of AGtr(LnX3) values, for application of the standard formula connecting AGt, with solubilities requires that the composition of the solid phase be the same in equilibrium with the two solvent media in question. The other major hurdle is that solubilities of the trichlorides, tribromides, and triiodides in water are so high that knowledge of activity coefficients, which indeed are known to be far from unity 4b), is essential (201). These can, indeed, be measured, but such measurements require much time, care, and patience. 

We consider first the activity coefficients. The contribution of the defects, N cation vacancies and N divalent ions, to the Gibbs free energy of the doped crystal is... 

The local compostion model is developed as a symmetric model, based on pure solvent and hypothetical pure completely-dissociated liquid electrolyte. This model is then normalized by infinite dilution activity coefficients in order to obtain an unsymmetric local composition model. Finally the unsymmetric Debye-Huckel and local composition expressions are added to yield the excess Gibbs energy expression proposed in this study. 

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