Investigation of Solid–Liquid Phase Equilibria of Mg2+, NH4+//Cl–, SO42–H2O at T = 303.15 K and P = 88.35 kPa

Abstract

Nitrogen and magnesium compound fertilizer is an important and efficient fertilizer in the fertilizer industry. It can solve the problem of lack of sulfur, magnesium, and nitrogen in soil. MgCl2 can react with (NH4)2SO4 to produce Mg–N compound fertilizer. Therefore, the solid–liquid equilibrium data and physical properties (density and viscosity) of the quaternary system Mg2+, NH4+//Cl–, SO42––H2O and its ternary subsystems Mg2+, NH4+//Cl––H2O and Mg2+//Cl–, SO42––H2O at T = 303.15 K ± 0.05 K and P = 88.35 kPa were studied by an isothermal stripping equilibrium method. According to the experimental data, the phase diagram and physical property composition diagram of each system were drawn. The ternary subsystem Mg2+, NH4+//Cl––H2O contains two invariant points and three crystallization regions. The ternary system Mg2+//Cl–, SO42––H2O contains four invariant points and five crystallization regions. The quaternary system Mg2+, NH4+//Cl–, SO42––H2O contains seven invariant points and nine crystallization regions. MgCl2·NH4Cl·6H2O and MgSO4·(NH4)2SO4·6H2O exist in the quaternary system, and the quality of crops can be significantly improved by using the latter kind of complex salt. Therefore, this project is of great significance for the production of N–Mg compound fertilizers from magnesium resources in salt lake or other underground brines.