Note 471 — Chapter XII · THE COPPER AND SILVER GROUPS (Continued).—THE THEORY OF COMPLEX IONS

Since there are still smaller "instability constants" than that of the argenticyanide-ion (e.g. for the gold-cyanide-ion the constant is 1 / 1028), there is a large margin of safety for the plausibility of Haber's argument. For full details, his articles (loc. cit.), and the discussion (by Abegg, Bodlaender, Danneel, ibid.) aroused by them should be consulted.