Potentiometric measurements in dilute sodium borate solutions with added alkali earth chlordie salts yield the following expressions for the dissociation constants of alkali earth borate ion pairs from 10 to 50°C:where T is in °K. Enthalpies for the dissociation reactions at 25°C are less than 1 kcal./mole for all the alkali earth borate ion pairs.Values for pK(NaH2BO3°) from 5 to 55°C computed from the experimental data of Owen and King are in good agreement with those determined potentiometrically. The average value from both methods is 0.22 ± 0.1 at 25°C.Application to seawater of computed pK's for MgH2BO3+, CaH2BO3+ and NaH2BO30 yields an apparent dissociation constant for boric acid of 8.73 vs. 8.70 measured by Lyman, 8.68 by Buch and 8.73 by Byrne and Kester. |