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  • Does cation dehydration drive the binding of metal ions to polyelectrolytes in water? What we can learn from the behaviour of aluminium(III) and chromium(III).

Does cation dehydration drive the binding of metal ions to polyelectrolytes in water? What we can learn from the behaviour of aluminium(III) and chromium(III).

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (2012-05-10)
Hugh D Burrows, Diana Costa, M Luísa Ramos, M da Graça Miguel, M Helena Teixeira, Alberto A C C Pais, Artur J M Valente, Margarida Bastos, Guangyue Bai
ABSTRACT

Much stronger binding is seen in aqueous solutions between the anionic polyelectrolyte potassium poly(vinyl sulfate) and the substitution labile aluminium(III) than with the kinetically inert chromium(III). This strongly supports the idea that entropy driven water loss from the hydration sphere of the metal ion plays a major role in driving binding of the trivalent metal ion to the polyelectrolyte.

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Poly(vinyl sulfate) potassium salt, average Mw ~170,000