Density and activity of pertechnetic acid aqueous solutions at T = 298.15 K

Abstract

The previous isopiestic investigations of HTcO4 aqueous solutions at T=298.15K are believed to be unreliable, because of the formation of a ternary mixture at high molality. Consequently, published isopiestic molalities for aqueous HTcO4 solutions at T=298.15K were completed and corrected. Binary data (variation of the osmotic coefficient and activity coefficient of the electrolyte in solution in the water) at T=298.15K for pertechnetic acid HTcO4 were determined by direct water activity measurements. These measurements extend from molality m=1.4mol·kg−1 to m=8.32mol·kg−1. The variation of the osmotic coefficient of this acid in water is represented mathematically. Density variations at T=298.15K are also established and used to express the activity coefficient values on both the molar and molal concentration scale. The density law leads to the partial molar volume variations for aqueous HTcO4 solutions at T=298.15K, which are compared with published data.