The article provides a detailed compilation of literature data on the thermal dehydration of simple (formed from single cation and anion) hydrated salts consisting of a wide variety of cations and anions or ligands. An attempt has been made to correlate the temperature and apparent activation energy of dehydration with either charge density (z/r) of cation or stability constant (log K) of metal-ligand complex. It is observed that the correlations are complex as they are dependent on the nature of both cation and anion. It is suggested that precise and well-documented data of the dehydration of crystalline hydrated salts are necessary to arrive at meaningful correlation with adequate theoretical basis.
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