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Republication or reproduction of this report or its storage and/or dissemination by electronic means is permitted without theAbstract: ThermoML is an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based new IUPAC standard for storage and exchange of experimental, predicted, and critically evaluated thermophysical and thermochemical property data. The basic principles, scope, and description of all structural elements of ThermoML are discussed. ThermoML covers essentially all thermodynamic and transport property data (more than 120 properties) for pure compounds, multicomponent mixtures, and chemical reactions (including change-of-state and equilibrium reactions). Representations of all quantities related to the expression of uncertainty in ThermoML conform to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). The ThermoMLEquation schema for representation of fitted equations with ThermoML is also described and provided as supporting information together with specific formulations for several equations commonly used in the representation of thermodynamic and thermophysical properties. The role of ThermoML in global data communication processes is discussed. The text of a variety of data files (use cases) illustrating the ThermoML format for pure compounds, mixtures, and chemical reactions, as well as the complete ThermoML schema text, are provided as supporting information.

Heat capacities of aqueous solutions of Na 2 SO 4 and Na 2 CO 3 up to near saturation (1.9 and 2.5 mol‚kg -1 , respectively) and of NaOH (to 7 mol‚kg -1 ) have been measured at 25 °C with a Picker flow calorimeter. The calorimeter performance was checked using concentrated NaCl(aq) solutions. On the basis of these measurements, an experimental protocol suitable for the reliable determination of the heat capacities of concentrated electrolyte solutions by Picker calorimetry was established. The heat capacities for Na 2 -SO 4 (aq), Na 2 CO 3 (aq), and NaOH(aq) and literature data for the apparent molar volumes of NaOH(aq) at 25 °C were correlated using the Pitzer formalism. A number of inadequacies in previous models at high concentrations and for extrapolation to infinite dilution are discussed. In particular, it has been confirmed that the heat capacity data for Na 2 CO 3 (aq) at low concentrations must be corrected for the hydrolysis of the carbonate ion. Standard partial molar heat capacities for the three salts and the standard partial molar volume of NaOH(aq) have been derived at 25 °C.

Raman (and a few additional FT-IR) spectroscopic measurements of sodium and potassium carbonate and hydrogencarbonate in aqueous solution have been carried out over wide concentration ranges at room temperature and at elevated temperatures. The bands of the CO3(2-)(aq) and HCO3(-)(aq) species, which possess pseudo D3h and C1 symmetry respectively, have been assigned and discussed. Quantitative Raman measurements and thermodynamic calculations on KHCO3 solutions show that the salt does not dissolve congruently in aqueous solutions but forms small amounts of CO3(2-). Quantitative Raman spectroscopic measurements have also been carried out on K2CO3 solutions and the hydrolysis of the carbonate ion has been determined as a function of concentration at room temperature and as a function of temperature up to 219 degrees C. The pK2 value of carbonic acid at 23 degrees C has been established as 10.35 by Raman spectroscopy, a value that compares favourably with published thermodynamic values.

The thermodynamic properties of the binary aqueous solutions of 183 electrolytes at 25 °C and 1 bar have been fitted using a standard form of the Pitzer equations. Where possible, all thermodynamic properties have been treated simultaneously, in contrast to previous compilations of Pitzer parameters. Prior to fitting, a critical assessment of the available information for each system was made using the JESS database and software. Employing linear regression with singular value decomposition and using an appropriate objective function criterion, more than two-thirds of the systems could be satisfactorily fitted to the upper concentration limit of the available data. Only six electrolytes proved to be completely intractable using the present Pitzer model. All of these systems (which included HF, H2SO4, and H3PO4) are known to exhibit significant changes in chemical speciation at low concentrations (even though ion association per se does not preclude a satisfactory fit). The present Pitzer ion-interaction parameters provide a coherent, up-to-date set of empirical coefficients that can be combined in a self-consistent manner to produce multicomponent electrolyte solution models having a minimum of computational uncertainty in bulk solution properties such as density, heat capacity, and water activity.

Despite intense efforts, general thermodynamic modelling of aqueous electrolyte solutions still presents a difficult challenge, with no obvious method of choice. Even though the Pitzer equations seemingly provide a well-established theoretical framework applicable to many chemical systems over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, they are not as widely adopted as their early promise might have suggested. This is strikingly illustrated by the simultaneous appearance in the literature of numerous, different (and potentially incompatible) Pitzer models alongside a proliferation of alternative theoretical approaches with inferior capabilities.To better understand this problem, the ability of the Pitzer equations to represent the physicochemical properties of aqueous solutions has been systematically investigated for exemplar electrolyte systems. Pitzer ion-interaction parameters have been calculated for selected systems by least-squares regression analysis of published solution data for activity coefficients, osmotic coefficients, relative enthalpies, heat capacities, volumes and densities to high temperatures and pressures. Although satisfactory fits can be achieved when the ranges of conditions are carefully chosen and when sufficient data are available to constrain the regression, the fits obtained tend otherwise to be unsatisfactory. The Pitzer equations do not cope well with gaps and other deficiencies in the regressed data. Profound difficulties, poorly recognized hitherto, can also arise because of variation in the sensitivity of the Pitzer functions to values for different physicochemical properties when these are combined. Given the dimensionality of numerous related thermodynamic properties, all changing as functions of composition, temperature and pressure, these problems are difficult to detect, let alone address, especially in multicomponent systems. The growing practice of improving fits simply by adding basis functions (thereby increasing the number of adjustable parameters) should be deprecated because it increases the likelihood of error propagation, introduces subjectivity, makes independent verification difficult and has deleterious implications for both automated data processing and for consistency between thermodynamic models.

A Pitzer model representing the thermodynamic properties of synthetic Bayer liquor solutions, consisting of the components NaOH -NaAl(OH) 4 -Na 2 CO 3 -Na 2 SO 4 -NaCl-NaF-Na 2 C 2 O 4 (sodium oxalate)-NaHCOO (sodium formate)-NaCH 3 COO (sodium acetate)-H 2 O, is presented. The model calculates, in a thermodynamically consistent manner, heat capacities, enthalpies, activity and osmotic coefficients, and densities of these solutions as well as the solubilities of gibbsite, Al(OH) 3 , boehmite, AlOOH, sodium oxalate, sodium sulfate and other relevant solid phases in synthetic Bayer liquors over concentration and temperature ranges of industrial interest.