Fig. 2.
The average number of water molecules lost from the reduced precursor via both dissociation pathways I and II as a function of the precursor size, for Co(NH3)63+, Cu2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, and Ba; data used in Fig. 4 are enclosed by dashed squares. Data for M(H2O)n2+, M = Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca(H2O)n2+, n < 47, Cu(H2O)322+, and Co(NH3)6(H2O)553+ are from refs. 28, 29, and 31.