Abstract
The equation of Born for the self‐energy of an ion is applied to the heats of ionization of acids and bases, following a treatment by Gurney. In this way the variations in these heats with temperature are quantitatively explained, and approximate ionic radii predicted. Further applications to the ionization of amino acids and the variation of dissociation constants as between different solvents are discussed.

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