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Hardness of metallic clusters

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The chemical hardness of a metallic cluster can be expressed in terms of the ionization potential I and the electron affinity A. In this paper we analyze the variation of I and A with cluster size, for the case of simple metals. The behavior of I and A shows interesting size effects, which manifest themselves also in the behavior of the hardness. The chemical reactivity of metal clusters is sensitive to these size effects.

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Alonso, J.A., Balbás, L.C. (1993). Hardness of metallic clusters. In: Sen, K.D. (eds) Chemical Hardness. Structure and Bonding, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0036805

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