Why do dipole moments of HCl-water clusters fail to determine acid dissociation?

Lei Zhuang1, Jing Wang1, Jianguo Wan2

  • 1School of Materials Science and Physics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, China. chuanfuh@cumt.edu.cn.

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