From gurp@pml.tno.nl Mon Oct 6 08:49 EDT 1997 Received: from mailgate.pml.tno.nl for gurp@pml.tno.nl by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id IAA21789; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 08:49:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailgate.pml.tno.nl (router,WinSmtp (Win16) V1.06.f.1); Mon, 06 Oct 1997 13:54:17 PDT Received: from pmaxp1.pml.tno.nl by mailgate.pml.tno.nl (134.203.134.3::mail daemon,WinSmtp (Win16) V1.06.f.1); Mon, 06 Oct 1997 13:53:59 PDT Received: by pmaxp1.pml.tno.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/15Aug97-0859AM) id AA05783; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:47:25 +0200 Alternate-Recipient: allowed Auto-Forwarded: prohibited Content-Return: allowed Disclose-Recipients: prohibited Conversion: allowed Importance: normal Priority: normal Sensitivity: Company-Confidential Subject: re Ovality From: "R.A. van Gurp" To: chemistry-request@www.ccl.net Message-Id: <971006144723.701@pmaxp1.pml.tno.nl.0> X-Dmw-Body-Names: re Ovality Date: Mon, 6 Oct 97 14:47:24 +0200 X-Mailer: MailWorks 2.0-2 X-MailDaemon: Content-Type: text Dear Dr. Shapiro I am working with the same Ovality definition as described by Bodor et al. Unfortunately I cannot answer your question but I would like to point out that in order to obtain a dimensionless ovality parameter (a ratio of two radii !) Formula 9 in JACS 111:3783 (Bodor et al. , 1989) should be read as O= (S/4*pi) / [(3V/4*pi)^2/3] , which also reproduces table II page 3786 of the same article. With kind regards, Ronald A. van Gurp Prins Maurits Laboratory TNO PO Box 45 2680 AA Rijswijk The Netherlands Email: gurp@pml.tno.nl