On the problem of transport species of tungsten by hydrothermal solutions

Abstract

The solubility of pentatungstate of sodium (PTS) Na2W5O16 · H2O and sodium tungsten bronzes (STB) Na0.16WO3 in acid chloride solutions containing 0.026, 0.26, and 3.02m NaCl have been studied at 500°C, 1000 bar, given fO2 (Co-CoO, Ni-NiO, PTS-STB buffers), and constant NaCl/HCl ratio (Ta2O5-Na2Ta4O11 buffer). Depending on experimental conditions, the tungsten content in the solutions after experiments varied from 10−3 to 2 × 10−2 mol/kg H2O. Obtained data were used to calculate the formation constants of predominant tungsten complexes (VI, V): H3W 3 VI O 12 3− , W 3 V O 9 3− , [WVW 4 VI O16]3−, for reactions $$ \begin{gathered} 3H_2 WO_4^0 \leftrightarrow H_3 W_3 O_{12}^{3 - } + 3H^ + \log K_p = - 7.5 \pm 0.1, \hfill \\ 3H_2 WO_4^0 \leftrightarrow W_3 O_9^{3 - } + 1.5H_2 O + 3H^ + + 0.75O_2 \log K_p = - 25.7 \pm 0.2, \hfill \\ 5H_2 WO_4^0 \leftrightarrow \left[ {W^V W_4^{VI} O_{16} } \right]^{3 - } + 3H^ + + 3.5H_2 O + 0.25O_2 \log K_p = - 4.6 \pm 0.1 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ and it was shown that W(V) accounts for 10–50 mol % of total tungsten content in chloride solutions in equilibrium with STB phase at logfO2 = −24.09 (Co-CoO buffer).