Petrie, Simon2015-12-132015-12-131448-2517http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87005The sequential association of water molecules with NaOH, a key upper-atmosphere metal-containing molecule, is investigated using quantum chemical calculations. The first several H2O-NaOH·(H 2O)n-1 bond strengths are sizeable (respectively 82, 70, 56, 42,Keywords: Ab initio calculations; Atmospheric chemistry; Clusters; Hydroxides; Sodium200410.1071/EN040012015-12-12