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Aqueous Solutions and Heats of Hydration
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2020
Water and other polar molecules are attracted to ions. The electrostatic attraction between an ion and a molecule with a dipole is called an ion-dipole attraction. These attractions play an important role in the dissolution of ionic compounds in water. When ionic compounds dissolve in water, the ions in the solid separate and disperse uniformly throughout the solution because water molecules surround and solvate the ions, reducing the strong electrostatic forces between them. This process...
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Hydration of Cement
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2024
Hydration of cement is a chemical reaction between cement particles and water. This process occurs primarily through two mechanisms: through-solution and topochemical. In the through-solution process, anhydrous compounds dissolve into their constituents, hydrates form in the solution, and then precipitate from the supersaturated solution. The topochemical process involves solid-state reactions at the cement particle surface. The through-solution process dominates the topochemical process at the...
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Ions as Acids and Bases
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2020
Salts with Acidic Ions Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions, either of which may be capable of undergoing an acid or base ionization reaction with water. Aqueous salt solutions, therefore, may be acidic, basic, or neutral, depending on the relative acid-base strengths of the salt’s constituent ions. For example, dissolving the ammonium chloride in water results in its dissociation, as described by the equation: The ammonium ion is the conjugate acid of the base ammonia,...
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In Situ Characterization of Hydrated Proteins in Water by SALVI and ToF-SIMS
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2016
This work presents a protocol for liquid handling and sample introduction to a microchannel for in situ time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis of protein biomolecules in an aqueous solution.
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Formation of Complex Ions
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2020
A type of Lewis acid-base chemistry involves the formation of a complex ion (or a coordination complex) comprising a central atom, typically a transition metal cation, surrounded by ions or molecules called ligands. These ligands can be neutral molecules like H2O or NH3, or ions such as CN− or OH−. Often, the ligands act as Lewis bases, donating a pair of electrons to the central atom. These types of Lewis acid-base reactions are examples of a broad subdiscipline called coordination...
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The controlling factor is the ion’s charge density, which determines how strongly its electric charge organizes nearby water molecules. Different charge densities therefore produce hydration shells with different sizes and structures. Those differences matter because the surrounding water is not merely present as solvent; it becomes part of the ion’s aqueous behavior, influencing movement and reactions.
Positive and negative ions organize water differently because opposite ends of the polar molecules are attracted to their charges. Around a cation, oxygen atoms face inward; around an anion, hydrogen atoms face inward. This directional arrangement gives the hydration shell a charge-specific structure, which helps explain why ions can show different behavior in the same aqueous medium.
An ion’s hydration shell contributes to how it moves through an aqueous solution, so mobility cannot be interpreted from the ion alone. Since ionic motion contributes to electrical conductivity, hydration is also relevant when explaining why electrolyte solutions conduct current. Comparing ions therefore requires attention to their surrounding water as well as their identity and charge.
Hydration is one factor connecting an ion’s microscopic surroundings with its macroscopic behavior in solution. The water shell can influence how an ionic substance is accommodated in the aqueous environment and can alter how the ion participates in chemical reactions. For this reason, solubility and reactivity should be interpreted alongside hydration rather than treated as unrelated properties.
Aqueous acid-base reactions are influenced by the behavior of hydrated ions, so hydration provides chemical context for interpreting these reactions. The surrounding water structure can affect how ions move and react in solution. Considering hydration helps connect acid-base observations to ion-dipole interactions rather than viewing them as properties of isolated ions.
Hydrated ions are relevant across several areas of chemistry. In biological transport, their behavior helps frame how ions move in aqueous environments; in analytical chemistry, hydration supports interpretation of electrolyte properties and reactions; and in environmental chemistry, it provides context for ions in natural aqueous systems. The same principle links molecular interactions with practical observations.