BARC/PUB/2005/0149

 
 

Saturation concentration of dissolved O2 in highly acidic aqueous solutions of H2SO4

 
     
 
Author(s)

Das, T. N.
(RC&CDD)

Source

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. Vol. 44: pp. 1660-1664

ABSTRACT

Saturation concentrations of dissolved oxygen in an aqueous-H2SO4 medium at 25°C were measured in pulse radiolytic competition-kinetics experiments, wherein the H atom (H•radical) was generated in situ by a 50-ns electron pulse, and, subsequently, the propensity of its reactions with O2 and another solute of choice were compared on a microsecond time scale. Such direct chemical estimations reveal that an oxygen concentration of  ~1.28 mM at pH2 steadily decreases to ~310μ M at a H2SO4 concentration of ~14 M, and it now provides a quantitative picture for evaluating oxidative stress in high acidity.

 
 
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