Activity coefficient assumptions in the determination of the association constant of thallium(I) chloride. III. Effects of other association reactions

Abstract

Measurements are reported of the solubility of thallium(I) chloride in aqueous solutions of sodium acetate and thallium(I) perchlorate and in solutions of sodium chloride, barium chloride, and sodium perchlorate in 16.7, 30, and 60 wt. % methanol-water mixtures. The measurements in water are used to test the merits of two types of ionic activity coefficient expression. It is shown that it is necessary to take account of specific interactions between free ions and that this also allows for small amounts of other association reactions in the same solution. The possibility of allowing for subsidiary association without using specific interaction coefficients is discussed, and it is concluded that this cannot be done in a completely satisfactory way. Measurements in mixed solvents are used to determine association parameters for the complex TlCl.