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Ionic Strength and Activity Coefficients Ion Conc. (M) Alpha Z Z C Activity Coefficient
Ionic Strength and Activity Coefficients Ion Conc. (M) Alpha Z Z C Activity Coefficient
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Ion
K
Cl
Na
H2PO4
HPO4
z
1
1
1
1
4
zC
0.004
0.141
0.146
0.001
0.017
Activity Coefficient
0.717
0.717
0.738
0.738
0.296
Ionic Strength
0.155
Notes:
Copyright 2000 Brian M. Tissue, all rights reserved.
activity-coefficients.xls
ver. 12/21/00
Enter the ions and ion concentrations in the gray boxes.
(See the Lookup Table for listed ions.)
Ionic strength is:
where gamma is the activity coefficient and alpha is the hydrated ion radius.
This equation is for aqueous solutions at 25C.
Lookup Table
Ion
Charge
Ag
1
Al
3
Ba
2
Be
2
Br
-1
BrO3
-1
CO3
-2
HCO3
-1
HCOO
-1
C2O4
-2
CH3COO
-1
C6H5COO
-1
Ca
2
Cd
2
Ce
3
Ce
4
Cl
-1
ClO3
-1
ClO4
-1
CN
-1
Co
2
Cr
3
CrO4
-2
Cu
2
F
-1
Fe
2
Fe
3
H
1
Hg
2
Hg2
2
I
-1
IO3
-1
IO4
-1
K
1
La
3
Li
1
Mg
2
Mn
2
MnO4
-1
Na
1
NH4
1
Ni
2
NO2
-1
NO3
-1
OH
-1
Pb
2
PO4
-3
HPO4
-2
H2PO4
-1
Rb
1
alpha (nm)
0.25
0.9
0.5
0.8
0.3
0.35
0.45
carbonate
0.45
bicarbonate
0.3
formate
0.45
oxalate
0.45
acetate
0.6
benzoate
0.6
0.5
0.9
1.1
0.3
0.35
0.35
0.3
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.35
0.6
0.9
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.9
0.6
0.8
0.6
0.35
0.4
0.25
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.35
0.45
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.25
S
HS
SCN
SO3
HSO3
SO4
Sn
Sn
Sr
Th
Tl
Zn
Zr
-2
-1
-1
-2
-1
-2
2
4
2
4
1
2
4
0.5
0.35
0.35
0.45
0.4
0.4
0.6
1.1
0.5
1.1
0.25
0.6
1.1