POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION OF WEAK POLYACIDS
POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION OF WEAK POLYACIDS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-3057(70)90005-4
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
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6
通讯作者:
MANDEL, M
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作者:
MANDEL, M
It is proposed to represent the increase with degree of dissociation (α) of pK(K= apparent dissociation constant) for weak polyacids, not exhibiting a conformational transition during titration, by a series expansion in α; pK= pK0+Φ1α+Φ2α2+ …. Experimental results for poly-(acrylic acid) show that a second degree polynomial in α represents the dependence of pKon the degree of dissociation within experimental accuracy for aqueous solutions containing an excess of sodium salt. In the absence of such an excess, this second degree polynomial remains a fairly good approximation. The three coefficients pK0,Φ1andΦ2, are shown to depend significantly on the salt concentration (C3). The proposed empirical relationship is dicussed in terms of the expression derived for the titration equilibrium of polyacids by Marcus(13)from thermodynamics and the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, not taking into account specific interactions along the macromolecular chain (non-random distribution of charged and uncharged groups) and formation of ion-pairs between charged sites on the polyelectrolyte and small ions. The dependence of pK0on salt concentration is partially attributed to medium effects. The positive coefficientΦ1is shown to be related to the mean distribution of macromolecular groupsVS(an electrically neutral sub-volume assigned to each macromolecule in a dilute solution) for theunchargedpolyelectrolyte and the increase with α of the mean electric potential around the poly-ion nearα= 0. Values of this coefficient are compared to corresponding values derived from model calculations using a fixed mean distribution of polyion charges. The coefficientΦ2, negative at low salt concentrations and positive at higher ones, is shown to depend also on the perturbation (nearα= 0) of the mean distribution of the macromolecular groups inVSon dissociation, due to chain-expansion. Finally it is emphasized that the proposed representation for the pK-dependence on α is not inconsistent with the empirical Henderson-Hasselbalch equation for the titration curve of polyacids valid for a limited region of α-values nearα= 0·5.