Electrochimica Acta, Vol.147, 758-764, 2014
A New Approach in Determining Limiting Molar Conductivity value for Liquid Electrolyte
Accurate determination of limiting molar conductivity (Lambda(0)) value for an electrolyte at infinite dilution is an important physical quantity that reviews the strength of an electrolyte. Therefore, in this study, a power law comprised of a double-logarithmic plot of electrolytic conductivity (kappa) and salt concentration (C-salt) has been introduced to determine Lambda(0) accurately at a corresponding reference salt concentration (C-ref). Furthermore, the reliability of the experimental data is verified after Kohlrausch's law for LiClO4 (aq.) at 25.0 degrees C which is perfectly identical with the reference data. The workability of the power law is tested for LiClO4 (aq.) and LiClO4 in acetonitrile (ACN) at a range of C-salt at 25.0 degrees C. Thus, the Lambda(0) for both systems correspond at 106 and 177.4 S cm(2) mol(-1) respectively, after the power law deviated only 2% of the reported value. From the study, it is noted that the corresponding C-ref is approximately half of the lowest C-salt concentration that obeys the power law at infinite dilution which responds to Lambda(0) for an electrolyte system. This alternative method shows a nice linearity for C-salt (10(-5) - 10(-9) mol cm(-3)) between the experimental and reference data before it deviates from the linearity above C-salt > 10(-5) mol cm(-3). (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Limiting molar conductivity;electrolytic conductivity;reference salt concentration;Kohlrausch's law