Abstract
A new measure is devised to estimate the structural changes in the solvent induced by processes occurring in aqueous solutions. This measure relates the isotope effect in the standard free energy of the process involved, in light and heavy water, with the change in the average number of hydrogen bonds that occurs in the solvent. Some numerical examples for the process of dissolution are presented, from which one can classify solutes as either structure promoters or structure breakers. A possible generalization of this method for more complicated processes is also indicated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1268-1274 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - 1975 |