Quantitative Atomic Force Microscopy measurements made on the dissolving surface of solid salicylic acid in H2O and D2O reveal a kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 2.3 +/- 0.6) on the dissolution rate consistent with a transition state in which the proton is dissociated from the dissolving molecule.
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