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Stephen J. Hawkes

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

J. Chem. Educ., 1996, 73 (6), p 516

DOI: 10.1021/ed073p516

Publication Date (Web): June 1, 1996

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

The acidity of aqueous solutions of positive ions is never zero although many texts say incorrectly that most metals of Groups I and II and some others are not acidic. The few cases in which acidity may usually be regarded as negligible, but not zero, include the Group I metals other than lithium and quaternary ammonium ions and similar ions that cannot form a coordinate bond to a water molecule. The acid constants of metal ions are given in Table I one of the article.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Inorganic Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Acids / Bases

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