“…4 we draw the following conclusions. K+ (radius, 1.38 A), which is a chaotrope (water-structure breaker) as judged by thermodynamic (10,11,14), transport (12,13), viscosity (25), NMR (26), infrared spectroscopy (27), and neutron diffraction (16) (10,11,14), transport (12,13), viscosity (25), infrared spectroscopy (27), and x-ray diffraction (16) data, when chromatographed as the Cl-salt is eluted in the position expected for Cl-(which adsorbs weakly to the nonpolar surface of Sephadex G-10), thus confirming that the effect of Na+ on water structure is small and demonstrating that the anion dominates the chromatographic behavior of the neutral salt. Li+ (radius, 0.74 A), in contrast, which is a polar kosmotrope as judged by thermodynamic (10,11,14), transport (12,13), viscosity (25), infrared spectroscopy (27), and neutron diffraction (16) data and has a substantial effect on water structure for a monovalent cation, does not adsorb to the nonpolar surface of Sephadex G-10.…”