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According to Quílez (Found Chem, 2018, [1]) the idea of affinity as the disposition of two chemical species to react goes back to the work of the theologian and natural philosopher Albertus Magnus during the 13th century.
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de Berg, K.C. (2019). The Reaction: Chemical Affinity: Laws, Theories and Models. In: The Iron(III) Thiocyanate Reaction. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27316-3_5
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