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 |
q, charge neutralitiy; X, electronegativity balance.