Calorimetric Investigation of MCI-EuCI2 Melts (M = Na, K, Rb)

Abstract

Abstract The molar enthalpies of mixing (ΔmixHm) of MCl-EuCl2 (M = Na, K, Rb) liquid binary systems were measured at 1138 K over the whole composition range by direct calorimetry. A Calvet type calorimeter was used, and mixing of the two liquid components was achieved by the ampoule break-off technique under argon at atmospheric pressure. The enthalpy of mixing of these systems is negative over the whole composition range with a minimum of approximately -0.5, -3.5 and -4.5 kJ mol-1 for M = Na, K, Rb, respectively. The least-squares coefficients A, B, C in the equation A (kJ mol-1) = A + B x + C x2, where λ is an interaction parameter, are reported. From the trend observed in these MCl-EuCl2 systems it was possible to estimate the mixing enthalpy of the CsCl-EuCl2 system.