Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 42 No. 2, 1970.
Conference paper
The Thermodynamics of Formation of Metal Complexes and Ion-Pairs in Solution
G. H. Nancollas
; Chemistry Department, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
Abstract
The problem of characterisation of species present at equilibrium
in an electrolyte solution is discussed. Shortcomings of the
free energy approach are shown due to inadmissible neglect of
entropy changes in complex formation. It is shown that complexes
formed with hard ligands are stabilised entirely by entropy
changes. Soft or covalent interactions are always characterized by
exothermic enthalpy changes.
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Hrčak ID:
197554
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Publication date:
20.8.1970.
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