The dissociation of phosphoric acid in NaCl and NaMgCl solutions at 25°C

The pK ₁ ^* , pK ₁ ^* and pK ₃ ^* for the dissociation of H₃PO₄ have been measured in NaCl solutions from 0.5 to 6m at 25°C. The results have been used to evaluate Pitzer interaction parameters (NaClH₂PO₄)=–0.028±0.005, (NaH₃PO₄)=–0.075±0.025, (HPO₄Cl)=0.105±0.009, (PO₄Cl)=–0.59±0.02 and (NaClHPO₄)=–0.003±0.004, (PO₄NaClH)=0.110±0.008. These parameters yield values of pK ₁ ^* , pK ₂ ^* and pK ₃ ^* in NaCl that agree with the measured values with average deviations of ±0.04, ±0.03 and ±0.05 in pK ₁ ^* . Measurements of pK ₁ ^* and pK ₂ ^* were also made in NaMgCl solutions. These results have been used to evaluate ^(O)(MgH ₂ PO ₄)=–3.55±0.07,⁽¹⁾(MgH ₂ PO ₄=–16.9±0.03, ^(O)(MgH ₂ PO ₄=–17.5±0.03 and ⁽¹⁾(MgH ₂ PO ₄)=27.4±0.8 at 25°C. The results for pK ₂ ^* in NaMg–Cl solutions were also used to calculate log K _MX ^* =3.2±0.1 for the formation of the ion pair MgHPO ₄ ^o .