Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.56, No.11, 4068-4075, 2011
Interactions in Aqueous 3-1 Rare Earth Electrolyte Quaternary Systems and Their Ternary Subsystems to Very High Concentrations
Ionic interactions have been investigated from isopiestic measurements on 3-1 rare earth electrolyte quaternary systems H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-La(NO3)(3)-Y(NO3)(3), H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-Pr(NO3)(3)-Y(NO3)(3), and H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-Nd(NO3)(3)-Y(NO3)(3) and their ternary subsystems H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-La(NO3)(3), H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-Pr(NO3)(3), H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-Nd(NO3)(3), and H2O-Er(NO3)(3)-Y(NO3)(3) at 298.15 K to near saturation. The isopiestic measurements can be represented by a modified Pitzer ion-interaction model extending to C-(3) within the experimental uncertainty over a full concentration range. In addition, the Zdanovskii-Stokes-Robinson model or partial ideal solution model is obeyed by all systems within isopiestic accuracy, indicating zero exchange energy between the unlike salts, which is consistent with the nature of rare earth elements.