Mixing characterization

Conventional electrolytes applied in electrochemical devices are based on molecular liquids as solvents and salts as sources of ions. There are a large number of molecular systems, both pure and mixed, characterized by various chemical and physical properties, which are the liquids at room temperatures. This is the reason why they dominate both in laboratory and industrial scale. In such a case, solid salt is reacted with a molecular solvent and if the energy liberated during the reaction exceeds the lattice energy of the salt, the solid is liquified chemically below its melting point, and forms the solution. Water may serve as an example of the cheapest and most widely used molecular solvent. 

In the Mixing Characterization Protocols/Simulation sections, details on the methods of mixing characterization and simulation are provided. 

P 35] A reaction system with two competitive parallel reactions was used for mixing characterization [36], The Dushman reaction involves the mixing of iodate, iodide and sodium acetate in one solution and a strong acid such as sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid in another solution. If mixing is fast, the neutralization of the acid and the base dominates as the faster reaction. The redox reaction of iodide and iodate then is a slow process nearly no iodine is formed as the redox product... 

P 45] For mixing characterization, three different types of commercial membrane pumps were used depending on the capacity regime (high, thousands of 1 h medium, hundreds of 1 IT1 tens of 1 h-1). 

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