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Abstract The density and viscosity of sodium phosphate solutions with a concentration of 30 3 41.6 wt %
at 70 3100oC were determined.
In preparation of Na2HPO4 . 7H2O and Na3PO4 . figure). For example, the density of the solution at
10H2O, the polythermal precipitation is performed 80oC changes from 1105 kg m33 (phosphoric acid) to
from more concentrated solutions than in preparation 1172 (NaH2PO4), 1220 (Na2HPO4), and 1427 kg m33
of the dodecahydrates. Data on properties of sodium (Na3PO4). This is due to the fact that increasing
phosphate solutions are available for concentration of fraction of sodium ions, and, consequently, charge
up to 26 330 wt % [1, 2]; data on the properties of of the phosphate ions in the solution causes a corre-
more concentrated solutions, which are necessary for sponding decrease in the fraction of [free] water
process calculations and choice of the equipment, molecules and thus results in the ordering of the solu-
are lacking. tion structure.
In this study we determined pycnometrically the The fact that the rate of the density growth some-
density of the binary solutions of sodium hydrophos- what decreases as the number of substituted hydrogen
phate and orthophosphate and of mutual solutions of ions in the phosphate increases is likely due to partial
sodium carbonate and hydrophosphate at 70 3100oC occurrence of the reactions
and measured their viscosity with a VPZh-3 vis-
cometer (see table). Solutions were prepared from Na3PO4 + H2O 6
4 Na2HPO4 + NaOH,
the analytically pure grade salts.
The results obtained show that the density of the Na2HPO4 + H2O 6
4 NaH2PO4 + NaOH,
sodium phosphate solutions increases with the number
of sodium atoms in the phosphate formula unit (see altering the true composition of the solution.
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