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introduced from stainless steel vessels and piping, and from Inconellubing. Ziemniak el<br />
at (1989) invcstigated the solubility/phase behaviour <strong>of</strong> nickel oxide in alkaline sodium<br />
phosphate solutions at elevated temperatures. Nickel oxide becomes soluble in high<br />
lemper.l.Iure aqueous solutions according 10 the following reaction:<br />
NiO(s) + 2 If'(aq) = Nr1(aq) + HzO(I) (1.40)<br />
1be dissolved nickel(I1) ion becomes stabilized in aqueous solutions by lhe fannalian <strong>of</strong><br />
hydroxo-complcxes where the nickel can become surrounded by an inner hydration<br />
sphere <strong>of</strong>six water molecules. As the pH <strong>of</strong>the solution rises, dissociation occurs as<br />
follows:<br />
Ni(OH)z(aq) + H20(1)'" Ni(OHh"(aq) + H\aq)<br />
The overall nickel oxide dissolution reaction becomes the following:<br />
NiO(s) + (2-n)H·(aq) ... Ni(OH)/·"(aq) + (l-Il)H20(1)<br />
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(1.41)<br />
(1.42)<br />
(1.43)<br />
(1.44)