Mendonça, AntónioVaz, MargaridaFerra, Maria I.2022-08-252022-08-252001http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12319Sodium benzoate is a salt widely used in industry as preserver. Its activity coefficients in aqueous solutions can be estimated by Pitzer theory, once the necessary parameters are known. Electromotive force (emf) measurements on galvanic cells without liquid junction have been used for the determination o f mean activity coefficients of sodium chloride in the ternary system sodium chloride + sodium benzoate (NaB) + water. Pitzer theory has been applied to this system and those data enabled the evaluation of the specific parameters for sodium benzoate at 298.15 K by linear regression. The values obtained f o r / B(0) NaB and B(1) NaB parameters, respectively 0.177 kg mol-1 and 0.34 kg mol-1 are close to those published already for other carboxylic acid salts.engSodium benzoateActivity coefficientsPitzer theoryPotentiometryjournal article