Systematic Variations of Ion Hydration in Aqueous Alkali Metal Fluoride Solutions

Buchner, Richard and Wachter, Wolfgang and Hefter, Glenn (2019) Systematic Variations of Ion Hydration in Aqueous Alkali Metal Fluoride Solutions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 123 (50). pp. 10868-10876. ISSN 1520-6106, 1520-5207

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Abstract

Aqueous solutions of three alkali metal fluorides-NaF, KF, and CsF-have been studied by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) over the frequency range 0.2 less than or similar to nu/GHz <= 89 at 25 degrees C and at concentrations 0.05 less than or similar to c/mol L-1 less than or similar to 1. The combination of these measurements with analogous literature data for RbF(aq) and M'Cl(aq) (M' = Li, Na, K, and Cs) made possible a systematic analysis of the hydration of F- and the alkali metal cations. Unlike the other halide ions, F- was found to have a well-defined hydration shell which contains similar to 7 water molecules, consistent with the appearance of a "slow"-water mode at similar to 10 GHz in the spectra. Limiting total effective hydration numbers (Z(t)(0)) for M'F(aq), obtained from the solvent-related modes, did not follow a simple sequence, varying in the order CsF < NaF < RbF < KF. However, it is shown that this anomalous sequence results from subtle variations in the strength of the M'(+)-OH2 bonding. Thus, it was established that Z(ib)(0)(M'(+)) values, corresponding to the numbers of strongly ("irrotationally") bound (ib) water molecules around the cations, do vary with charge density in the order Li+ >> Na+ > K+ > Rb+ > Cs+. It was also found that Z(s)(0)(M'(+)), the number of moderately bound ("slow") water molecules, varied in the same order: K+ > Rb+ > Cs+. However, the presence of ib water molecules in the hydration shells of Li+ and Na+ attenuates their further interaction with surrounding water molecules such that Z(s)(0)(M'(+)) approximate to 0 for both ions.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION; ELECTROLYTE-SOLUTIONS; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; WATER-STRUCTURE; X-RAY; ASSOCIATION; DISPERSION; POTASSIUM; SOLVATION; RB+;
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry)
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry) > PD Dr. Richard Buchner
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 20 Mar 2020 07:07
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2020 07:07
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25666

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