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Some aspects of the recent developments on the concept of hardness are discussed briefly with due emphasis to our own work. The usefulness of hardness in understanding the stability and reactivity of a chemical species in general is illustrated while certain deficiencies of the concept are also pointed out. Some attempts have been made here to prove Pearson’s hard-soft acid-base principle to the extent possible.
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Dedicated to Prof. R J P Williams on the occasion of his 70th birthday
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Hati, S., Datta, D. Hardness: A concept in inorganic chemistry. Some aspects. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 108, 143–158 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02870020
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