Conductivities of LiCl(aq), NaCl(aq), NaBr(aq), and
CsBr(aq) solutions have been measured in the range of
concentrations from 0.013 to 4 × 10-8
mol·dm-3 using a flow conductance cell
at temperatures between 603
K and 674 K and pressures between 15 MPa and 28 MPa (water densities
from 650 to 200 kg·m-3).
Limiting
equivalent conductances and ionization equilibrium constants calculated
from the concentration dependence
of the equivalent conductance are reported. Previous measurements
of equilibrium constants in the low-density supercritical region, although of lesser accuracy, agree well
with the present results. Even at the
critical density and 2.5 K above the critical temperature there is no
evidence for the critical effects which
make the Debye−Hückel limiting law invalid at the critical
isotherm−isobar. No critical scaling of Λ0
is
observed. Walden's rule is not obeyed and the Stokes radius
increases by 70% near the critical region as the
density goes from 700 to 200 kg·m-3,
suggesting an increase in the number of water molecules carried
along
with the ion. The differences in mobility between different ions
are rather small when compared to the
differences in crystallographic ionic radii. The association
constants are in the order CsBr < NaBr < NaCl
≈ LiCl.