Comment on the article “A new understanding of the relationship between 
solubility and particle size” by W. Wu and G.H. Nancollas.

Godec, A.; Gaberscek, M.; Jamnik, J.

doi:10.1007/s10953-008-9354-3

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Comment on the article “A new understanding of the relationship between solubility and particle size” by W. Wu and G.H. Nancollas.

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Godec, A., Gaberscek, M., & Jamnik, J. (2009). Comment on the article “A new understanding of the relationship between solubility and particle size” by W. Wu and G.H. Nancollas. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 38(1), 135-146. doi:10.1007/s10953-008-9354-3.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-D844-3

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In their paper, Wu and Nancollas (WN) (Wu W., Nancollas H. 1998. A New Understanding of the Relationship between Solubility and Particle Size. J. Sol. Chem. 27:521-531) discussed the validity of the Ostwald-Freundlich equation when used for description of the relationship between the size of a particle and its solubility. We show that the reasoning and the main conclusions in the paper by WN are incorrect-regardless of the actual shape of the particle. We present derivations for the case where the particle is spherical as well as for the case of a general polyhedral shape. We show that in either case the Ostwald-Freundlich equation is valid, without any restrictions, for all cases discussed by WN.