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Published on: February 10, 2020
Probing the Hofmeister effect with ultrafast core-hole spectroscopy
Zhong Yin1, Ivan Rajkovic, Katharina Kubicek
1Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Abstract:
In the current work, X-ray emission spectra of aqueous solutions of different inorganic salts within the Hofmeister series are presented. The results reflect the direct interaction of the ions with the water molecules and therefore, reveal general properties of the salt-water interactions. Within the experimental precision a significant effect of the ions on the water structure has been observed but no ordering according to the structure maker/structure breaker concept could be mirrored in the results indicating that the Hofmeister effect-if existent-may be caused by more complex interactions.
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