Physicochemical modeling of precipitating and dissolving of gypsum in chloride solutions

Physicochemical modeling is used to study the isolation of sulfate ions as α (β)-CaSO₄ · 2H₂O from aqueous solutions. The equilibrium compositions of liquid, solid, and gas phases of the NA₂SO₄-CaCl₂-CO₂-H₂O system are calculated at 25°C, CO₂ partial pressures of 10^−1.53 kPa, CaCl₂/Na₂SO₄ molar ratios of 0.2–3.0, and CaCl₂ concentrations from 0.01 to 0.15 mol/kgH₂O. The Gibbs energies of formation for α(β)-gypsum were determined from experimental solubility data on the α(β)-gypsum-air-water system by solving the inverse problem of physicochemical modeling. The data obtained are ΔG° _f298 (α-CaSO₄ · 2H₂O) = −1796.446 kJ/mol and G° _f298 (β-CaSO₄ · 2H₂)) = −1797.317 kJ/mol. Published in Russian in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2006, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 889–894. This article was translated by the authors.