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A SERIES of papers on the activities of strong electrolytes, by G. Scatchard, appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society for March. The activity of hydrochloric acid was obtained from measurements of the E.M.F. of the cell Pt(H2)/Hcl, AgC1/Ag. The hydrogen electrode was of a rocking pattern suitable for use in a thermostat and simplified by the absence of a liquid junction. The activity coefficients obtained agree with those calculated from Randall and Vanselow's freezing-point measurements; the values at low concentrations are consistent with Debye and Huckels limiting equation, the theoretical value of the constant in that equation being retained. The activities of potassium, sodium, and lithium chlorides are also considered; the existing data are compared and discussed in the light of Debye and Hückels theory.
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Strong Electrolytes. Nature 116, 223 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116223a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116223a0