Measurements and simulation for aqueous quaternary system MgCl2-SrCl2-AlCl3-H2O at 298.2 K

Solid-liquid equilibria of the aqueous quaternary system MgCl₂-SrCl₂-AlCl₃-H₂O at 298.2 K was studied by using the isothermal dissolution equilibrium method. The solubility, density, and refractive index of the aqueous quaternary system were measured. The corresponding space diagram, stable phase diagram, water content diagram, and the diagrams of density vs composition, refractive index vs composition were constructed based on the experimental data. The results show that there is no double that salt or solid solution was formed in the quaternary system. The stable phase diagram of the quaternary system MgCl₂-SrCl₂-AlCl₃-H₂O at 298.2 K consists of two invariant points, five isothermal dissolution curves, and four crystallization regions. The four crystallization regions correspond to four single hydrate salts magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl₂·6H₂O), strontium chloride hexahydrate (SrCl₂·6H₂O), strontium chloride dihydrate (SrCl₂·2H₂O), and aluminum chloride hexahydrate (AlCl₃·6H₂O). With a view to the crystallization regions, the crystallization region of salt SrCl₂·2H₂O is the smallest, while the crystallization region of salt SrCl₂·6H₂O is the largest, meaning SrCl₂·6H₂O can be more easily separated from solution than other coexisting salts in this system at 298.2 K. The densities and refractive indices of the solution at equilibrium change regularly with the change of J(MgCl₂) of the solution. The Pitzer model is used to calculate the solubility of the 298.2 K quaternary system MgCl₂-SrCl₂-AlCl₃-H₂O. The comparison found that the calculated results are basically consistent with the experimental results.