Probing ion-specific effects on aqueous acetate solutions: Ion pairing versus water structure modifications

Tristan Petit, Kathrin M. Lange, Gerrit Conrad, Kenji Yamamoto, Christoph Schwanke, Kai F. Hodeck, Marcus Dantz, Tim Brandenburg, Edlira Suljoti, Emad F. Aziz

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Abstract

The effect of monovalent cations (Li+, K+, NH4+, Na+) on the water structure in aqueous chloride and acetate solutions was characterized by oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray emission spectroscopy, and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) of a liquid microjet. We show ion- and counterion dependent effects on the emission spectra of the oxygen K-edge, which we attribute to modifications of the hydrogen bond network of water. For acetates, ion pairing with carboxylates was also probed selectively by XAS and RIXS. We correlate our experimental results to speciation data and to the salting-out properties of the cations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number034901
JournalStructural Dynamics
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2014
Externally publishedYes

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