Hard and soft acid-base behavior in aqueous solution: Steric effects make some metal ions hard a quantitative scale of hardness-softness for acids and bases

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 654-661

  Hancock, Robert D ^a   Martell, Arthur E ^a  

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EID: 0001322614     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p654     Document Type: Article

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