Determination of the Stability of the AIO+ Complex in Alkali Halide Melts*
1984 ◽
Vol 39
(5)
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pp. 499-502
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The solubilities of Al182O3 in LiCl-KCl eutectic mixtures containing dissolved AlCl3 were measured using a sensitive proton activation technique. The results are consistent with the presence of an A10+ species at 4.7 x 10-5 mole fraction with AlCl3 at 10-2 mole fraction. When combined with other thermodynamic data, these solubilities are used to deduce a formation constant for the A10+ species from Al3+ and O2- ions of 1.94 x 1022 (in mole fraction units) and a specific bond free energy ("bond strength") of 300 kJ mol-1