Modeling of Equilibria in Complex Cryolite Melts

0205 materials engineering 02 engineering and technology
DOI: 10.1007/s00706-005-0312-0 Publication Date: 2005-06-15T09:33:30Z
ABSTRACT
In the fully ionized sodium sulfate melt, the solubility of an oxide (at a given melt basicity) is well described by considering a single equilibrium to form a specific simple acidic or basic solute. In this case, the dominant solutes are identified by a simple log–log interpretation describing the dependence of the solute concentration on an acid-base parameter \(\log a_{\rm Na_2 O}\). However, in fused cryolite (Na3AlF6) solutions, the solvent itself and the solutes of oxides involve anionic complexes (alumino-fluorides and oxy-fluorides). Therefore, a single simple equilibrium does not suffice to model the complex solution. Rather, as for a high temperature multi-component gas phase containing many complex volatile species, every possible equilibrium must be individually satisfied and coupled to a mass balance. Examples will be given for each limiting type of solution behavior.
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