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. 2016 Oct 13;1(4):617–627. doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2016.09.010

Table 1.

Estimates for the Number of Possible Inorganic Materials Allowing for Variable Oxidation States and Stoichiometry with the Constraints of Charge Neutrality and Electronegativity Balance

Type Constrainta Number
AwBx 3,483,129
AwBx q 58,614
AwBx q + χ 14,721
AwBxCy 4,753,229,039
AwBxCy q 174,081,685
AwBxCy q + χ 32,157,899
AwBxCyDz 4,139,315,402,300
AwBxCyDz q 267,381,955,246
AwBxCyDz q + χ 32,381,953,858
a

q, charge neutralitiy; X, electronegativity balance.