Determination of Molecular Mass of Strong Acids by Differential Temperature Model (DTM) Using H₃PO₄ and HBF₄ for Classical Demonstration

I. A. Akpan

Thermodynamics and Electrochemical Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/msce.2015.36007                

Abstract

A new chemical hypothesis based on the differential temperature model (DTM) for estimation of molecular masses of some strong acids (H₂SO₄, HNO₃ and HCl) in solutions have previously been propounded and tested theoretically and analytically by the author. The results were published in the Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences–Chemistry in 2012. The changes in temperature following various dilutions of the acids were found to be proportional to their molecular properties. The new chemical hypothesis and model is hereby tested on H₃PO₄ and HBF₄ and their exact molecular masses have been evaluated analytically and theoretically. The validity of the hypothesis and the model is hereby presented for chemical proof and adoption to theory by chemists.

Keywords

Differential Temperature, Molecular Mass, Strong Acids

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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