Contact Info
Stuart Chalk, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of North Florida
Phone: 1-904-620-1938
Fax: 1-904-620-3535
Email: schalk@unf.edu
Website: @unf
Solubility product
Citations 1
"Novel Flow Injection/potentiometric Measurement Of Slightly Soluble Salts In Small Volumes. Determination Of Solubility Product Constants Of Some Silver Salts"
Anal. Lett.
1986 Volume 19, Issue 7&8 Pages 825-835
Amin T. Haj-hussein and Gary D. Christian
Abstract:
The flow injection technique is shown to provide fast, reliable and sensitive determination of solubility product constants of silver acetate, silver sulfate, silver oxide, silver bromate and silver chloride in microliter volume samples. Potentiometric detection using electrodes of the first kind and second kind was used for measuring silver ions and chloride ions, respectively. The solubilities were determined from measurement of the silver ion concentration in the saturated solutions. In the case of silver chloride, the solubility product constant was calculated from the concentrations corresponding to the intersection of the silver ion calibration curve and the chloride ion calibration curve, i.e., where the potentials of the two electrodes are equal. Tenth-molar sodium nitrate was used for all solutions to maintain constant ionic strength. At a concentration range of 1.00 x 10-2 - 1.00 x 10-5 M silver, and 1.00 x 10-2 - 1.00 x 10-4 M chloride, a Nernstian response of 60 m V per decade was obtained. At a sampling rate of 50-70 samples per hour, with 50 µl sample injections, high reproducibility of measurements was achieved, with a pL 2% relative standard deviation in measured concentrations. The scope and applications of this system are discussed.
Electrode
Potentiometry
Microfluidic