The phase diagrams and Pitzer model representations for the system KCl + MgCl2 + H2O at 50 and 75°C

The solubilities in the KCl-MgCl2-H2O system were determined at 50 and 75°C and the phase diagrams and the diagram of refractive index vs composition were plotted. Two invariant point, three univariant curves, and three crystallization zones, corresponding to potassium chloride, hexahydrate (MgCl2 · 6H2O) and double salt (KCl · MgCl2 · 6H2O) showed up in the phase diagrams of the ternary system, The mixing parameters θK, Ca and ΨK, Ca, Cl and equilibrium constant Ksp were evaluated in KCl-MgCl2-H2O system by least-squares optimization procedure, in which the single-salt Pitzer parameters of KCl and MgCl2 β(0), β(1), β(2), and Cϕ were directly calculated from the literature. The results obtained were in good agreement with the experimental data.