Abstract
The changes in the partial charges on oxygens in the various heteropoly salts as a result of the acidity differences have been exploited for probing the oxygen 1s and W 4f lines. The gradation of the acidity thus obtained is compared to that of the conventional method.
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Viswanathan, B., Omana, M.J. & Varadarajan, T.K. Acidity of heteropoly compounds from XPS measurements. Catal Lett 3, 217–221 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766396
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