X-Ray Diffraction and Structural Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Divalent Metal-Chlorides
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- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
- Vol. 35 (12) , 1361-1367
- https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1980-1217
Abstract
X-ray diffraction data are reported for aqueous solutions of CaCl2 (6.30 M), CdCl2 (0.87 and 1.26 M) and NiCl2 (1.96 and 3.88 M). The highly concentrated CaCl2 solution shows a medium range order resembling that of the corresponding hydrate crystal. The CdCl2 solutions are characterized by the presence of complexes with chloride ions in the first coordination sphere of the cation. In NiCl2 solutions, a first sphere Ni-Cl coordination can be excluded and the existence of six Ni-H2O nearest neighbour contacts is clearly confirmed. In these solutions no evidence was found for the existence of highly ordered structures; hexa-aquo cations interact with external water molecules and, at the highest concentration, some outer sphere Ni-Cl correlation is possible as due to packing.Keywords
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