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Offline NobleG

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Aqueous Aluminum
« on: December 08, 2006, 08:50:46 PM »
When aluminum is in an aqueous solution, why does it attach to 6 water molecules?

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Re: Aqueous Aluminum
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2006, 09:12:48 PM »
When aluminum is in an aqueous solution, why does it attach to 6 water molecules?
I think that the number of attached water molecules in an aquo-complex depends on the ionic radius

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Re: Aqueous Aluminum
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 02:29:56 PM »
hm...ok.  thanks!

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