"Sandy" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 08:21:20 GMT, "Dan White"
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"Dan White" wrote in message
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On the other hand, the acetate ion is of course a molecule and not a
single ion.

Minor correction: it is a single ion, just not a single atom.

dwhite

Yep, it's big, but this surely only matters when it has to associate
with a cation. Crystalisation.

But steric hindrance is not a phenomenon reserved only to the crystalization
of compounds. There are several kinds of hindrance, and they don't all have
to do with crystallization. I don't think it really matters anyway because
the acetate ion probably isn't nearly large enough. It was just a thought.

dwhite