Ideal solution mixing properties

In Chapter 4, we examined the properties of ideal solutions. Many properties of an ideal solution do not change on mixing. For example, the volume of a mixture is equal to the sum of the volume of the original unmixed solutions. In this situation, it is straightforward to assign how much volume is occupied by each component in the system — it is simply the volume occupied by components in their unmixed state. 

ME = M Mid, where M is the actual property of the system and Mld the calculated value for an ideal solution. The property change of mixing DM is equal to M Sx, M°i and the property change of... 

At the outset it will be profitable to deal with an ideal solution possessing the following properties (i) there is no heat effect when the components are mixed (ii) there is no change in volume when the solution is formed from its components (iii) the vapour pressure of each component is equal to the vapour pressure of the pure substances multiplied by its mol fraction in the solution. The last-named property is merely an expression of Raoult s law, the vapour pressure of a substance is pro-... 

All three quantities are for the same T, P, and physical state. Eq. (4-126) defines a partial molar property change of mixing, and Eq. (4-125) is the summability relation for these properties. Each of Eqs. (4-93) through (4-96) is an expression for an ideal solution property, and each may be combined with the defining equation for an excess property (Eq. [4-99]), yielding ... 

The reason is that classical thermodynamics tells us nothing about the atomic or molecular state of a system. We use thermodynamic results to infer molecular properties, but the evidence is circumstantial. For example, we can infer why a (hydrocarbon + alkanol) mixture shows large positive deviations from ideal solution behavior, in terms of the breaking of hydrogen bonds during mixing, but our description cannot be backed up by thermodynamic equations that involve molecular parameters. 

Figure 3.3 Thermodynamic properties of an arbitrary ideal solution A-B at 1000 K. (a) The Gibbs energy, enthalpy and entropy, (b) The entropy of mixing and the partial entropy of mixing of component A. (c) The Gibbs energy of mixing and the partial Gibbs energy of mixing of component A.

The ideal solution approximation is well suited for systems where the A and B atoms are of similar size and in general have similar properties. In such systems a given atom has nearly the same interaction with its neighbours, whether in a mixture or in the pure state. If the size and/or chemical nature of the atoms or molecules deviate sufficiently from each other, the deviation from the ideal model may be considerable and other models are needed which allow excess enthalpies and possibly excess entropies of mixing. 

Temkin was the first to derive the ideal solution model for an ionic solution consisting of more than one sub-lattice [13]. An ionic solution, molten or solid, is considered as completely ionized and to consist of charged atoms anions and cations. These anions and cations are distributed on separate sub-lattices. There are strong Coulombic interactions between the ions, and in the solid state the positively charged cations are surrounded by negatively charged anions and vice versa. In the Temkin model, the local chemical order present in the solid state is assumed to be present also in the molten state, and an ionic liquid is considered using a quasi-lattice approach. If the different anions and the different cations have similar physical properties, it is assumed that the cations mix randomly at the cation sub-lattice and the anions randomly at the anion sub-lattice. 

By using a thermodynamic model based on the formation of self-associates, as proposed by Singh and Sommer (1992), Akinlade and Awe (2006) studied the composition dependence of the bulk and surface properties of some liquid alloys (Tl-Ga at 700°C, Cd-Zn at 627°C). Positive deviations of the mixing properties from ideal solution behaviour were explained and the degree of phase separation was computed both for bulk alloys and for the surface. 

When two chemicals are mixed, an ideal solution is defined when the properties of the mixture are a linear function of the properties of the two chemicals. The simplest relation is in the form of linear relations ... 

Non-ideal solution theory is used to calculate the value of a parameter, S, that measures the interaction between two surfactants in mixed monolayer or mixed micelle formation. The value of this parameter, together with the values of relevant properties of the individual, pure surfactants, determines whether synergism will exist in a mixture of two surfactants in aqueous solution. 

When liquids are mixed to give an ideal solution, there is no heat effect and the properties are strictly additive. The volume of the ideal... 

These properties of ideal solutions lead to two practical results. First, there is no heating effect when the components of an ideal solution are mixed. Second, the volume of the ideal solution equals the sum of the volumes the components would occupy as pure liquids at the same temperature and pressure. 

We have seen that the properties of non-ideal or real solutions differ from those of ideal solutions. In order to consider the deviation from ideality, we may divide thermodynamic mixing properties into two parts ... 

The deviations from ideal solution behavior are generally associated with a finite heat of solution. However, the properties of systems containing high molecular weight components, have shown extremely large deviations from the behavior to be expected of ideal solutions, even in cases where the heat of mixing was negligible. 

Expression (37) is the same result that holds for the ideal gas, where the entropy of mixing results entirely from the increase in randomness of the mixture. It is necessarily positive because all x, < 1 and ln x, < 0. All of the thermodynamic properties of mixing of an ideal solution result from this randomness there are no energy effects. 

Thus, an excess thermodynamic property is also the difference between the thermodynamic property for mixing the real and ideal solutions. For the Gibbs free energy, this becomes, using Eq. (3) and Eq. (35) of Chapter 8,... 

In ideal solutions there exist interactions between the individual particles. However, because the molecular properties of components a and b are very similar, the interactions between a and b in the mixture can be assumed to be on average the same as those between a and a as well as those between b and b in pure liquids. Consequently in this case AlGm is the increase in entropy due to mixing. 

The activity a2 of an electrolyte can be derived from the difference in behavior of real solutions and ideal solutions. For this purpose measurements are made of electromotive forces of cells, depression of freezing points, elevation of boiling points, solubility of electrolytes in mixed solutions and other characteristic properties of solutions. From the value of a2 thus determined the mean activity a+ is calculated using the equation (V-38) whereupon by application of the analytical concentration the activity coefficient is finally determined. The activity coefficients for sufficiently diluted solutions can also be calculated directly on the basis of the Debye-Hiickel theory, which will bo explained later on. 

In Chap. 6 we treated the thermodynamic properties of constant-composition fluids. However, many applications of chemical-engineering thermodynamics are to systems wherein multicomponent mixtures of gases or liquids undergo composition changes as the result of mixing or separation processes, the transfer of species from one phase to another, or chemical reaction. The properties of such systems depend on composition as well as on temperature and pressure. Our first task in this chapter is therefore to develop a fundamental property relation for homogeneous fluid mixtures of variable composition. We then derive equations applicable to mixtures of ideal gases and ideal solutions. Finally, we treat in detail a particularly simple description of multicomponent vapor/liquid equilibrium known as Raoult s law. 

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