title: Rydberg electron capture by neutral Al hydrolysis products.
abstract: We predict that electron attachment may be used with ESI-MS techniques to observe neutral Al metal aqua-oxo-hydroxo species and the complex polymerization and precipitation reactions in which they participate. Neutral aqueous metal species have, so far, been invisible to ESI-MS techniques.
authors.affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Eenheid Algemene Chemie, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. sbogatko@vub.ac.be.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogatko
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cauët
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geerlings
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D004583:Electrons; D006868:Hydrolysis; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D058105:Polymerization; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D006878:Hydroxides; D014867:Water