An estimation of the ionization potentials of actinides from a simple dependence of the aqueous standard potentials on the ionization potentials of elements including lanthanides

Abstract

It was found recently that the ionization potentials and electron affinities of elements in the gaseous state are linked to the standard potentials of their principal oxidation states in aqueous solutions by simple linear relations. These relations are characteristic for each group of elements of the periodic table. In the case of the actinides, in the absence of adequate data on their ionization potentials, the linear relation obtained for the group IIIB elements (including lanthanides) has been found useful for estimating them using the available data on their standard oxidation potentials (obtained in most cases by radio-polarography).