The universal characteristic water content of aqueous solutions

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/28/6/065101

Abstract

Raman measurements at room temperature reveal a characteristic concentration for a series of aqueous solutions of electrolytes, through which O-H stretching vibration of H₂O or dilute HDO obviously changes their concentration dependence. This characteristic concentration is very consistent with another, through which the solutions undergo an abrupt change in their glass-forming ability. Interestingly, the molar ratio of water to solute at these two consistent concentration points is almost solute-type independent and about twice the hydration number of solutes. We suggest that just when the concentration increases above this characteristic concentration, bulk-like free water disappears in aqueous solutions and all water molecules among closely-packed hydrated solutes exhibit the characteristics of confined water.

Keywords: aqueous solutions stretching vibration of water concentration dependence hydration number

Received: 07 March 2019
Revised: 22 March 2019
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PACS:	51.30.+i	(Thermodynamic properties, equations of state)
	64.70.D-	(Solid-liquid transitions)
	65.20.-w	(Thermal properties of liquids)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474325, 11474335, and 51172272), the Fund from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 1731300500030), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07030100).

Corresponding Authors: Qiang Wang
E-mail: qwang@iphy.ac.cn

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Xiao Huang(黄晓), Ze-Xian Cao(曹则贤), Qiang Wang(王强) The universal characteristic water content of aqueous solutions 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 065101

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