A study was carried out to examine the composition of 15 kinds of brines produced by the electrodialysis of sea water with ion exchange resin membranes,(i. e. ion exchange membrane brines). Of those brines, 6 kinds were produced in commercial or large scale electrodialysers in various Japanese salt factories and laboratories and were analysed in our laboratory, while the analytical results of the other 9 kinds of brines were obtained from those reported in various papers.
As the results of the study, the following were obtained;
(1) The ratio of each ion to the total solid composition in brines and sea water was calculated, and the increment and decrement due to the concentration of sea water were compared. The ratio of K
+ in brines was found to be 3/2 times as much in conparison with that of the sea water, while that of SO
2-4 was found to be much less than that of sea water and could be classified into 2 groups, namely brines with 1/5 and those with 3/5.
(2) The compositions of those brines could be classified into two species, namely a-type belonging to the 6 components system: NaCl-KCl-MgCl
2-CaCl
2-CaSO
4-H
2O and b-type belonging to the 6 components system: NaCl-KCl-MgCl
2-MgSO
4-CaSO
4-H
2O. Whether a brine belongs to a-type or b-type was considered to be due to the characteristics of the membranes and the type of electrodialyser.
(3) Assuming that the total CaSO
4 in brines crystallizes out before the beginning of NaCl crystalization, the composition of brines could be taken on the equilibrium diagrams. Namely, a-type on the diagram for the 5 components system; NaCl-KCl-MgCl
2-CaCl
2-H
2O, and b-type on the diagram for the 5 components system; NaCl-KCl-MgCl
2-MgSO
4-H
2O. All of these 15 points were found in the field of KCl. The authors concluded that, the change of composition of all brines due to concentration could be calculated graphically by using the two diagrams.
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