Reply to the Comment on "Measurement of the hydration numbers for halide ions by the mass spectrometric method of field evaporation of ions out of solution'' [Chem. Phys. Lett. 242 (1995) 390]

Karpov GV; Morozov II

Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.325, No.5-6, 701-702, 2000

DOI10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00711-9 Export Citation

Reply to the Comment on "Measurement of the hydration numbers for halide ions by the mass spectrometric method of field evaporation of ions out of solution'' [Chem. Phys. Lett. 242 (1995) 390]

Karpov GV, Morozov II

We do not think that we have misled readers by our use of the 'hydration number' N(h) and the 'coordination number' N(c). Our definitions coincide with the conventional ones. We agree with Symons that the number of water molecules in the ion cluster, moving in solution, fluctuates.