IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Lithium formate with Potassium formate and Water

Components:
   (1) Potassium formate; KCHO2; [590-29-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Lithium formate; LiCHO2; [556-63-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Portnova, S.M., Petrova, E.V., Zh. Neorg. Khim. 30, 1838-43 (1985); Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. (Engl. Transl.) 30, 1045-8 (1985).

Variables:
   Temperature = 25 ºC to 273 ºC.

Prepared By:
   St. Tepavitcharova and St. Trendafilova

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
(Please see footnotes following the table(s).)
  
Solubility values in the LiCHO2-KCHO2-H2O system.
t/°CChemical1PhaseMass Fraction w1a100 * Mole Fraction1m1 [mol kg-1]Chemical2Mass Fraction w2aMole Fraction2m2 [mol kg-1]Solid Phase(s)b
25LiCHO2Liquid phase24.8617.6515.58KCHO244.4319.4817.20A+B
25LiCHO2Liquid phase9.847.516.55KCHO261.2328.8525.16B+C
25(c)LiCHO2Liquid phase27.1221.1421.08KCHO248.1223.1723.10A
25(c)LiCHO2Liquid phase24.4218.8018.11KCHO249.6323.6022.74A
25(c)LiCHO2Liquid phase24.9419.3518.88KCHO249.6423.7923.21A
25(c)LiCHO2Liquid phase23.2817.6916.66KCHO249.8323.3922.03A
28(d)LiCHO2Liquid phase23.7417.6816.33KCHO248.2822.2120.51A
30LiCHO2Liquid phase25.8420.3320.32KCHO249.6824.1724.13A+B+D
50LiCHO2Liquid phase36.3131.5140.02KCHO246.2324.7831.48A+D
50LiCHO2Liquid phase87.806.97.25KCHO271.4939.5341.04C+D
100LiCHO2Liquid phase39.6134.0843.94KCHO243.0422.8729.49D+E
100LiCHO2Liquid phase12.9615.2430.79KCHO278.9457.32115.9C+D
118LiCHO2Liquid phase60.5171.27---KCHO239.4928.73---C+D
140LiCHO2Liquid phase25.0135.06---KCHO274.9964.94---D+E
160LiCHO2Liquid phase7.4638.02---KCHO22.5462.07---D
167LiCHO2Liquid phase0.00.0---KCHO2100.0100.0---C
273LiCHO2Liquid phase100.0100.0---KCHO20.00.0---E
Notes:
   a  These values and the molality values were calculated by the compilers.
   b  The solid phases are: A = LiCHO2•H2O; B = LiCHO2•KCHO2•0.5H2O; C = KCHO2; D = LiCHO2•KCHO2; E = LiCHO2.
   c  Metastable condition; values taken from Ref.3.
   d  Metastable condition.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The isothermal method was used at 28 and 30 °C. Equilibrium was reached within 4 weeks. The potassium and lithium content of both phases was determined by flame photometry.1 The potassium content of the solid phase was also determined by the tetraphenylborate method in an acetic acid medium.2 No experimental details are given for the other temperatures.

Source and Purity of Materials:


Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Analytical error is ± 5%

References:
   1N. S. Poluektov, Methods of Analysis by Flame Photometry (Russ), 2nd ed. (Khimiya, Moscow, 1967), p.308.
   2G. G. Russakova, Zh. Anal. Khim. 18, 154 (1963).
   3L. S. Itkina, N. M. Chaplygina, and E. V. Petrova, Zh. Neorg. Khim. 24, 788 (1979).