Determination and Use of Stability Constants, 2nd Edition

Thisbookdescribespotentiometricmethodsfordeterminingstabilityconstantsandexplainshowtheseconstantscanbeusedtodescribemetalionspeciationincomplexenvironmentalandbiologicalsystems.Italsoprovidesthreeoriginalcomputerprogramsonadiskforcalculatingstabilityconstantsandforusingstabilityconstantstocalculateconcentrationsofmolecularspeciesinsolution.Theauthorgivesexamplesofcalculationsforsimplemetalchelates,formetalcomplexesoflargeorganicmolecules,andformixturescontainingseveralmetalionsandcomplexingagentsinaqueoussolution.Theyalsodescribecommonerrorsincalculatingstabilityconstantsandhowtoavoidthem.Thiscarefullyrevisedsecondeditionisnowevenmoreusefultothereader,and,inparticular,tothosewhomakeuseoftheprogramdisk.Eachprogramhasbeenrevisedtoimprovespeed,control,anderrortrapping.