. Can. J. Chem. 60, 1872Chem. 60, (1982.A flow microcalorimeter and vibrating tube densimeter were used to obtain apparent molal heat capacities and volumes of aqueous NaHS and NazS from 0.1 to 1.0 mol kg-' and of aqueous H2S from 0.03 to 0.08 mol kg-' at 10,25, and 40°C. Standard state heat capacities and volumes for H2S and HS-were obtained by extrapolation to infinite dilution. Combining these results with 2S°C enthalpy data yields an expression for the temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant for H2S neutralization at pressures near those of steam saturation, H2S + OH-= HS-+ H 2 0 , log K , b = 19.84 + 930.8lT -2.800 In T, with an estimated uncertainty of k0.47 at 300°C. The heat capacity data for bulk aqueous NazS suggest that the relative concentration of SZ-at these molalities is small. Les donntes de capacitt calorifique pour la masse aqueuse de Na2S suggkrent que la concentration relative de S2-est petite a ces molalitts.[ The e n t h a l~~ of the ionization reaction at 25°C is and hydrometallurgical procedures for treating (49 5, and has been wed in the van't HOff sulfide ores. Low temperature measurements have equation to extrapolate K1 to high temperatures been made by many workers using a variety of (1). The standard volume and heat capacity of techniques (1) and the values for K, near 2 5 0~ are ionization are required in such an extrapolation to well established. Experiments above 100°C are account for the effects of pressure and7 more difficult, largely because aqueous sulfide poisons important7 changes in the e n t h a l~~ of reaction with the platinum electrodes commonly used to deter-temperature7 respectively. As yet7 no accurate mine ionization constants in high temperature values for these properties have been reported. We water. Ellis and co-workers (2) obtained data for have now measured apparent molal heat capacities K l , up to 276°C using a spectrophotometric meth-and for NaHS and at od, but noted that the results might be in emor since peratures of 10°C7 25"C, and 40°C. he results ~i e l d their technique did not permit in situ p~ measure-both infinite dilution and excess partial molal heat capacities and volumes for these important species 'Visiting scientist at the Oil Sands Research Department, which can then be combined with existing low