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Zinc(II) oxide solubility and phase behavior in aqueous sodium phosphate solutions at elevated temperatures

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6409978· OSTI ID:6409978

A platinum-lined, flowing autoclave facility is used to investigate the solubility/phase behavior of zinc(II) oxide in aqueous sodium phosphate solutions at temperatures between 290 and 560 K. ZnO solubilities are observed to increase continuously with temperature and phosphate concentration. At higher phosphate concentrations, a solid phase transformation to NaZnPO{sub 4} is observed. NaZnPO{sub 4} solubilities are retrograde with temperature. The measured solubility behavior is examined via a Zn(II) ion hydrolysis/complexing model and thermodynamic functions for the hydrolysis/complexing reaction equilibria are obtained from a least-squares analysis of the data. The existence of two new zinc(II) ion complexes is reported for the first time: Zn(OH){sub 2}(HPO{sub 4}){sup 2{minus}} and Zn(OH){sub 3}(H{sub 2}PO{sub 4}){sup 2{minus}}. A summary of thermochemical properties for species in the systems ZnO-H{sub 2}O and ZnO-Na{sub 2}O-P{sub 2}O{sub 5}-H{sub 2}O is also provided. 21 refs., 10 figs., 7 tabs.

Research Organization:
Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, NY (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/NE
DOE Contract Number:
AC12-76SN00052
OSTI ID:
6409978
Report Number(s):
KAPL-4716; ON: DE91004969
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English