Determination of Thermodynamic Properties of Alkaline Earth-liquid Metal Alloys Using the Electromotive Force Technique

J Vis Exp. 2017 Nov 3:(129):56718. doi: 10.3791/56718.

Abstract

A novel electrochemical cell based on a CaF2 solid-state electrolyte has been developed to measure the electromotive force (emf) of binary alkaline earth-liquid metal alloys as functions of both composition and temperature in order to acquire thermodynamic data. The cell consists of a chemically stable solid-state CaF2-AF2 electrolyte (where A is the alkaline-earth element such as Ca, Sr, or Ba), with binary A-B alloy (where B is the liquid metal such as Bi or Sb) working electrodes, and a pure A metal reference electrode. Emf data are collected over a temperature range of 723 K to 1,123 K in 25 K increments for multiple alloy compositions per experiment and the results are analyzed to yield activity values, phase transition temperatures, and partial molar entropies/enthalpies for each composition.

Publication types

  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Alloys / analysis
  • Alloys / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Metals, Alkaline Earth / analysis
  • Metals, Alkaline Earth / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics*

Substances

  • Alloys
  • Metals, Alkaline Earth