Table 3.
Ion Radii used14 to compute the Hydration Free Energy of monovalent and divalent ions
| Alkali ions | Halide ions | Divalent Cations * | |||
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| Ion | Radius(Å) | Ion | Radius(Å) | Ion | Radius(Å) |
| Li+ | 0.69 | F− | 1.33 | Be2+ | 0.40 |
| Na+ | 1.02 | Cl− | 1.81 | Mg2+ | 0.72 |
| K+ | 1.38 | Br− | 1.96 | Ca2+ | 1.00 |
| Rb+ | 1.49 | I− | 2.20 | Sr2+ | 1.13 |
| Cs+ | 1.70 | Ba2+ | 1.36 | ||
Data for spherical simple divalent anions unavailable in13 and hence not used in our analyses