Thermodynamic Studies on Ion Association of Lithium Chloride and Lithium
Nitrate in Acetonitrile + Water Mixed Solvents at Different Temperatures
The present study reports the ion association of lithium chloride (LiCl) and lithium nitrate (LiNO3) electrolytes in acetonitrile + water (AN+W) mixtures at 283.15 K to 311.15 K. Their limiting molar conductance (Λo), the association constant values (KA) for their different mole fractions, i.e. 0.0000, 0.0588, 0.1233, 0.1942, 0.2727, 0.3600, 0.4576, 0.5676, 0.6923, 0.8351 and 1.0000 have been evaluated using Shedlovsky technique. The KA and Walden products (Λoηo) for LiCl and LiNO3 salts have been calculated in the acetonitrile-water solvent at experimental temperatures. The calculated values qualitatively examined the possible nature of the solvent-solvent, their ion-ion, and ion-solvent and interactions of the two selected compounds mixed solvents of (acetonitrile + water). Then dependence of KA temperature has also been investigated to obtain the thermodynamic functions of different parameters, such as ΔGº, ΔSº, ΔHº and Ea, as a function of the mixed composition of the composition solvents AN+W (acetonitrile + water).