Ions in Solution and their Solvation

Content: Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1 Introduction
 1.1 THE SIGNIFICANCE AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF IONS IN SOLUTION
 1.2 LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
 PRINCIPAL LATIN CHARACTERS
 PRINCIPAL GREEK CHARACTERS
 PRINCIPAL SUBSCRIPTS
 PRINCIPAL SUPERSCRIPTS
 Chapter 2 Ions and Their Properties
 2.1 IONS AS ISOLATED PARTICLES
 2.1.1 Bare Ions
 2.1.2 Ions in Clusters
 2.2 SIZES OF IONS
 2.3 IONS IN SOLUTION
 2.3.1 Thermodynamics of Ions in Aqueous Solutions
 2.3.1.1 Heat Capacities of Aqueous Ions
 2.3.1.2 Entropies of Aqueous Ions
 2.3.1.3 Enthalpies of Formation of Aqueous Ions. 2.3.1.4 Gibbs Energies of Formation of Aqueous Ions2.3.1.5 Ionic Molar Volumes in Aqueous Solutions
 2.3.2 Other Properties of Aqueous Ions
 2.3.2.1 Ionic Conductivities in Aqueous Solutions
 2.3.2.2 Ionic Self-Diffusion in Aqueous Solutions
 2.3.2.3 Ionic Effects on the Viscosity
 2.3.2.4 Ionic Effects on the Relaxation of NMR Signals
 2.3.2.5 Ionic Dielectric Decrements
 2.3.2.6 Ionic Effects on the Surface Tension
 REFERENCES
 Chapter 3 Solvents for Ions
 3.1 SOLVENT PROPERTIES THAT SUIT ION DISSOLUTION
 3.2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLVENTS
 3.2.1 Volumetric Properties. 3.2.2 Thermodynamic Properties3.2.3 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties
 3.2.4 Transport Properties
 3.3 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLVENTS
 3.3.1 Structuredness
 3.3.2 Solvent Properties Related to Their Ion Solvating Ability
 3.3.2.1 Polarity
 3.3.2.2 Electron Pair Donicity and Ability to Accept a Hydrogen Bond
 3.3.2.3 Hydrogen Bond Donicity and Electron Pair Acceptance
 3.3.2.4 Softness
 3.3.3 Solvents as Acids and Bases
 3.3.4 Miscibility with and Solubility in Water
 3.3.5 Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Windows
 3.4 PROPERTIES OF BINARY AQUEOUS COSOLVENT MIXTURES. 3.4.1 Physical Properties of Binary Aqueous Mixtures with Cosolvents3.4.1.1 Thermodynamic Properties of the Mixtures
 3.4.1.2 Some Electrical, Optical, and Transport Properties of the Mixtures
 3.4.2 Chemical Properties of Binary Aqueous Mixtures with Cosolvents
 3.4.2.1 Structuredness
 3.4.2.2 Properties Related to the Ion Solvating Ability
 REFERENCES
 Chapter 4 Ion Solvation in Neat Solvents
 4.1 THE SOLVATION PROCESS
 4.2 THERMODYNAMICS OF ION HYDRATION
 4.2.1 Gibbs Energies of Ion Hydration
 4.2.1.1 Accommodation of the Ion in a Cavity
 4.2.1.2 Electrostatic Interactions. 4.2.2 Entropies of Ion Hydration4.2.3 Enthalpies of Ion Hydration
 4.3 TRANSFER THERMODYNAMICS INTO NONAQUEOUS SOLVENTS
 4.3.1 Selection of an Extra-Thermodynamic Assumption
 4.3.2 Thermodynamics of Transfer of Ions into Nonaqueous Solvents
 4.3.2.1 Gibbs Energies of Transfer
 4.3.2.2 Enthalpies of Transfer
 4.3.2.3 Entropies of Transfer
 4.3.2.4 Ionic Heat Capacities in Nonaqueous Solvents
 4.3.2.5 Ionic Volumes in Nonaqueous Solvents
 4.4 THE STRUCTURE OF SOLVATED IONS
 4.4.1 Hydration Numbers from Diffraction Studies
 4.4.2 Hydration Numbers from Computer Simulations.