Standard state heat capacities of aqueous electrolytes and some related undissociated species

Abstract

Uses of heat capacities of solutions of electrolytes are reviewed, with a particular emphasis on the standard state partial molar heat capacities and their applications to calculations of the effects of temperature on equilibrium constants, electrode potentials, enthalpies, and entropies. Methods of obtaining these standard partial molar heat capacities are summarized, followed by comparisons of values obtained in different ways. Many of the "best" such heat capacities are collected and then used as the basis for establishing single-ion heat capacities based on the convention that CpO(H+) = 0, followed by illustrations of the convenient use of these quantities. Finally, there is brief discussion of theoretical analysis of these standard partial molar heat capacities in relation to ion–solvent interactions. Key words: heat capacities, electrolytes; aqueous solutions, heat capacities; thermodynamics, electrolytes.