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. 2023 Jan 11;8(3):3339–3347. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07041

Table 6. Invariant Points of the Subsystems of the Quaternary System Li+, Rb+, Mg2+//SO42––H2O at 273.2 and 298.2 K and Pressure P = 94.77 kPaa.

system temperature T/(K) composition of solution w(B) × 102
Jänecke index of dry salt, J(B) (g/100 g S)
equilibrated solid phase source
J(Li2SO4) + J(Rb2SO4) + J(MgSO4) = 100
w(Li2SO4) w(Rb2SO4) w(MgSO4) w(H2O) J(Li2SO4) J(Rb2SO4) J(MgSO4) J(H2O)
Li+, Rb+//SO42––H2O 273.2 23.06 1.36 0.00 75.58 94.43 5.57 0.00 309.50 LSH + LRH this work
17.72 11.94 0.00 70.34 71.67 28.33 0.00 1401.5 LRH + LR
9.67 24.67 0.00 65.66 28.16 71.84 0.00 191.21 LR + RS
298.2 22.86 3.38 0.00 73.76 87.12 12.88 0.00 281.10 LSH + LRH ref.20
17.02 14.33 0.00 68.65 54.29 45.71 0.00 218.98 LRH + LR
6.28 31.11 0.00 62.61 16.80 83.20 0.00 167.45 LR + RS
Rb+, Mg2+//SO42––H2O 273.2 0 2.47 20.56 76.97 0 5.14 94.86 334.22 M7 + RM this work
0 26.92 0.23 72.85 0 98.15 1.85 268.32 RM + RS
298.2 0 4.31 26.75 68.94 0 6.77 93.23 221.96 M7 + RM ref. 21
0 31.69 0.63 67.68 0 95.80 4.20 209.41 RM + RS
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w(M) is the mass fraction of M; standard uncertainties u are u(T) = 0.20 K; u(Li+) = 0.0050; u(Rb+) = 0.0061; u(Mg2+) = 0.0050; u(SO42–) = 0.0060; LRH: 3Li2SO4·Rb2SO4·2H2O; RM: Rb2SO4·MgSO4·6H2O; LR: Li2SO4·Rb2SO4; M7: MgSO4·7H2O; LSH: Li2SO4·H2O; and RS: Rb2SO4.