Reply to the ‘Comment on “The size and structure of selected hydrated ions and implications for ion channel selectivity”’ by A. Zavitsas, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 92771
Abstract
We believe that in Zavitsas' previous work the assumption of “ideality” on an aqueous solution of an electrolyte conflicts with experimental evidence and the calculation of ion-pair formation equilibrium constants to demonstrate the existence of an ion-pair is artificial.