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. 2014 Aug 21;119(3):883–895. doi: 10.1021/jp505875v

Table 1. Experimental HFE and IOD Values of M(III) and M(IV) Metal Ions.

metal ion electron configuration HFE (kcal/mol)a IOD (Å)b CNb effective ion radii (Å) first shell water radii (Å)
Al3+ [Ne] –1081.5 1.88 6 0.54 1.34
Fe3+ [Ar]3d5 –1019.4 2.03 6 0.65 1.38
Cr3+ [Ar]3d3 –958.4 1.96 6 0.62 1.34
In3+ [Kr]4d10 –951.2 2.15 6 0.80 1.35
Tl3+ [Xe]4f145d10 –948.9 2.23 4–6 0.89 1.34
Y3+ [Kr] –824.6 2.36 8 0.90 1.46
La3+ [Xe] –751.7 2.52 8.0–9.1 1.03 1.49
Ce3+ [Xe]4f1 –764.8 2.55 7.5 1.01 1.54
Pr3+ [Xe]4f2 –775.6 2.54 9.2 0.99 1.55
Nd3+ [Xe]4f3 –783.9 2.47 8.0–8.9 0.98 1.49
Sm3+ [Xe]4f5 –794.7 2.44 8.0–9.9 0.96 1.48
Eu3+ [Xe]4f6 –803.1 2.45 8.3 0.95 1.50
Gd3+ [Xe]4f7 –806.6 2.39 8.0–9.9 0.94 1.45
Tb3+ [Xe]4f8 –812.6 2.40 8.0–8.2 0.92 1.48
Dy3+ [Xe]4f9 –818.6 2.37 7.4–7.9 0.91 1.46
Er3+ [Xe]4f11 –835.3 2.36 6.3–8.2 0.89 1.47
Tm3+ [Xe]4f12 –840.1 2.36 8.1 0.88 1.48
Lu3+ [Xe]4f14 –840.1 2.34 8 0.86 1.48
Hf4+ [Xe]4f14 –1664.7 2.16c 8c 0.85 1.31
Zr4+ [Kr] –1622.8 2.19c 8c 0.86 1.33
Ce4+ [Xe] –1462.7 2.42d 9d 0.87 1.55
U4+ [Rn]6d15f1 –1567.9 2.42e 9–11e 0.89 1.53
Pu4+ [Rn]5f4 –1520.1 2.39f 8f 0.86 1.53
Th4+ [Rn] –1389.8 2.45e 9–11e 0.94 1.51
a

Referenced from Marcus.66

b

Referenced or calculated from Marcus.67

c

From Hagfeldt et al.71

d

From Sham.68

e

From Moll et al.70

f

From Ankudinov et al.69