THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE AQUEOUS SULFURIC-ACID SYSTEM TO 350-K

Experimental measurements for aqueous sulfuric acid and its related pure, solid phases have been thermodynamically analyzed and correlated as a function of temperature and composition from pure water to pure acid. The pure phases included anhydrous sulfuric acid, five of its hydrates and ice. Experimental data which were used in the correlation included measurements of the enthalpy of dilution, both solution and pure phase heat capacities, electromotive force and solution freezing points. The correlation yielded mutually consistent expressions fo for the Gibbs energy of each phase and these functions generally reproduce the experimental data to +/- 0.75 percent. The Gibbs energy functions of the pure solid phases were used to generate tables of their thermodynamic properties from 0 K to the melting points. The Gibbs energy function for aqueous sulfuric acid was used to produce tables of both integral and partial molar solution properties as a function of sulfuric acid mole fraction every 50-degrees from 200 to 350 K.