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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2006 Mar 16;110(10):5099–5111. doi: 10.1021/jp055213v

Table 1.

Mn2⁺ stability constants (K) with HCO₃^-/CO₃^2- from the electrochemistry and EPR data at room temperature

Mn:HCO₃^-	Literature Data¹⁹,³⁴ K (μ)^*	This Work K (μ)^*
1:1	63.1 M^-1 (0) 18.6 M^-1 (0.3) 2.82 M^-1 (3)	22 ± 5 M^-1 (0.1) 18 ± 2 M^-1 (0.3)
1:2	n.a	550 ± 200 M^-2 (0.1) 568 ± 50 M^-2 (0.3)

‘μ’: ionic strength of solution (in M).