“…Spectrophotometric (66, 87--90), heat capacity (91,92), polarographic (93), lsO exchange (9~), and NMR (95,96) data provide convincing evidence that early in the RE series the EDTA complex exists predominantly as Ln(EDTA) (H20)x and as Ln(EDTA) (H20)v toward the end with x--y = 1 ; for ions in the middle of the series, e.g., Eu +a, both are present simultaneously. Equilibrium (6) is also believed to be important for the Ln (diglycolate)~ species (81,97).…”