Hydration of Alkaline Earth Metal Dications: Effects of Metal Ion Size Determined Using Infrared Action Spectroscopy.

Infrared laser action spectroscopy is used to characterize divalent Mg, Ca, and Ba ions solvated by discrete numbers of water molecules in the gas phase. The spectra of the hexahydrated ions are very similar and indicate that all six water molecules directly solvate the metal ion. The spectra of the...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 131; no. 37; pp. 13270 - 13278
Main Authors:	Bush, Matthew F., O'Brien, Jeremy T., Prell, James S., Chih-Che Wu, Saykally, Richard J., WiIIiams, Evan R.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Chemical Society 9/23/2009
Subjects:	Infrared spectroscopy Alkaline earth metals Metal ion spectra Density functionals Hydrogen bonding
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