Water and solute activities of the solution systems of H2So4-Cuso4-H2O and Hci-Cuci2-H2O

The activities of water, α(H₂O), in the solution system of H₂SO₄-CuSO₄-H₂O were determined by an isopiestic method and those in the solution system of HCl-CuCl₂-H₂O by a transpiration method, both at 298 K. The activities of H₂SO₄ and H⁺ in the solution system of H₂SO₄-CuSO₄-H₂O were also determined at 298 K by the emf method. The water activities in both systems obeyed the Zdanovskii rule relatively well. The α(H₂O) experimentally determined in the sulfate system showed a satisfactory agreement with those calculated from the Robinson-Bower equation, assuming the complete dissociations of H₂SO₄ and CuSO₄, whereas a good agreement between the calculated and experimentally determined α(H₂O) for the chloride system was obtained when the formation of Cu(II) chloro-complexes was taken into consideration. The mean activity coefficients, γ_±, of solutes, including H₂SO₄, HC1, and CuCl₂ in these solution systems, were calculated at 298 K by the McKay-Perring method using the activity data. The γ_±(H₂SO₄) values in the solution system of H₂SO₄-CuSO₄-H₂O were in good agreement with those determined by the emf method. On the other hand, the γ_±(CuSO₄) were calculated at the same temperature based upon the Gibbs-Duhem equation using both measured α(H₂O) and calculated γ_±(H₂SO₄) values, because of solubility limitations.