Letter from Linus Pauling to Jack Inman. March 28, 1949

Pauling notes that in his freshman text, General Chemistry, thiocyanic acid is listed as a weak acid, but it was recently noted that it is a strong acid. He also mentions a letter that he received from Ricardo Ferreira which states that cyanic acid is also a strong acid. Pauling wonders if hydrazoic acid, which he also listed as a weak acid, is also strong, and asks Inman to check the literature on these subjects.  View Transcript

Letter from Linus Pauling to Jack Inman. Page 1. March 28, 1949
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Associated: Thomas M. Lowry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Ricardo Carvalho Ferreira, Louis J. Curtman

ID: corr185.10-lp-inman-19490328

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