KINETIC MODEL OF THIOUREA DIOXIDE DECOMPOSITION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERENT ACIDITY

Abstract

A stoichiometric mechanism for full thiourea dioxide decomposition in aqueous solution under pH of 4.0 is proposed based on dependences of concentrations of thiourea dioxide and its decomposition products on the time and literature data. The concentration of thiourea dioxide was measured via iodometry, while the intermediates were quantified using the polarography. Polarography was carried out in glass two-electrode electrochemical cell by means of PU-1 polarograph in differential mode. Dropping mercury electrode was used as working one and silver chloride as a reference one. Rate constants for individual stages are obtained via mathematical modeling, presented a system of differential equations. Absolute errors of rate constants, correlation coefficients, and F-factors were also calculated. Verification of supposed kinetic model was conducted using the comparison between experimental and calculated concentrations, F-test and the calculated values of correlation coefficients of the individual stages of the process. Supposed kinetic model of decomposition consists of a number of consequent stages including various compounds such as sulfur monoxide, thiosulfuric, sulfuric, dithionic, hydrosulfuric acids as intermediates was used for previously obtained data for pH of 8.85. To test the universality of supposed model, we simulated kinetics of thiourea dioxide decomposition reaction at pH of 8.85. Experimental kinetic data were taken from literature. The initial approximations of the individual stages constants were taken from previous calculations. Analysis of calculated data: concentration values, F-test, correlation coefficients allowed to conclude about the applicability of proposed mechanism for the process of thiourea dioxide decomposition in a weakly alkaline medium.