Reactions in aqueous solutions are widely prevalent, occurring in industry, in the chemical laboratory, in the natural environment, and in the human body. Within the area of chemistry and chemical engineering, solutions of ions have come to the forefront of current interest, study, and applications, as they occupy a major fraction of research and publications of the field and its branches. Ions in Solution and their Solvation discusses thoroughly and broadly the processes and interactions that occur in solutions of ions and includes extensive, critically compiled data. The book starts with an exposition of the relevant properties of ions and concludes with applications of the concepts expounded previously in a variety of fields. -- from back cover.