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I tried using a template that is working well for a more numerical table but I created a monster trying to adapt it to new needs. Here it is the mwe:

documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{scrreprt}

usepackage{amsmath,booktabs,siunitx}

usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}  

sisetup{separate-uncertainty}



newcommand{tabhead}[1]{%

    smash[b]{%

        begin{tabular}[t]{@{}c@{}}#1end{tabular}%

    }%

}



begin{document}



begin{table}[h]



    caption{Caption here.}label{whatever}



    setlength{tabcolsep}{0pt}



    begin{tabular*}{linewidth}{

            @{extracolsep{fill}}

            r

            S[table-format=2.1]

            r

            S[table-format=1.2]

            r

            S[table-format=4.0]

            r

            r

        }

        toprule

        {textbf{Material} } &

        {tabhead{ textbf{Mean Pore Radius} \ textbf{(si{nanometer})}}} &

        { textbf{Model}} &

        {tabhead{textbf{Salt Concentration} \ textbf{({M} ce{NaCl})}}} &

        {textbf{pH}} &

        {textbf{Buffer}} &

        {tabhead{Range of Dextrans \ textbf{(kDa)}}} &

        {tabhead{Reference \ textbf{(--)}}} \

        &&&  \

        midrule

        LongName AA         &   18.4 & Simple model   &   0   & 20 mM Bis-Tris          &   6.5     &   0.18 to 500      &  [1,2]   \ 

        LongName AA         &   25.8 & complex model  & 0.12  &  10 mM Tris-ce{HCl}    &   7.2     & 0.18 to 20000      &  [3] \  

        AA LongName  AA     &   15.0 & complex model  & 1     &  10 mM phosphate        &   8.0     &  4 to 400          &  [4,2]\ 



        bottomrule

    end{tabular*}

    label{}



end{table}



end{document}

It compiles without error but on the one hand it doesn't fit in the page so I cannot see the whole table, and there are other many wrong things like:

• headers overlap. No proper distance between the titles.


• How to arrange the elements right-justified but centering the header?


• should I use tabularx in this situation?

Any help is appreciated!

There's little hope to make those long headers to fit in the page limit. I suggest to use acronyms that are explained just below the table (or in the caption, perhaps).

documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{scrreprt}

usepackage{amsmath,booktabs,siunitx}

usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}  

sisetup{separate-uncertainty}



begin{document}



begin{table}[htp]



caption{Caption here.}label{whatever}



setlength{tabcolsep}{0pt}



footnotesize



begin{tabular*}{linewidth}{

  @{extracolsep{fill}}

  l

  S[table-format=2.1]

  l

  S[table-format=1.2]

  l

  S[table-format=1.1]

  l

  r

}

toprule

textbf{Material} & {textbf{MPR}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Model}} & {textbf{SC}} &

multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{pH}} & {textbf{B}} & textbf{RD} & textbf{Ref.} \

midrule

LongName AA    & 18.4 & Simple model  & 0    & 20 mM Bis-Tris      & 6.5 & 0.18 to 500   &  [1,2] \ 

LongName AA    & 25.8 & complex model & 0.12 & 10 mM Tris-ce{HCl} & 7.2 & 0.18 to 20000 &  [3] \  

AA LongName AA & 15.0 & complex model & 1    & 10 mM phosphate     & 8.0 & 4 to 400      &  [4,2] \ 

midrule[heavyrulewidth]

end{tabular*}

begin{tabular*}{textwidth}[t]{@{extracolsep{fill}}lll}

MPR: Mean Pore Radius (si{nanometer}) &

SC: Salt Concentration (M ce{NaCl}) &

B: Buffer \

RD: Range of Dextrans (kDa) & Ref.: Reference

end{tabular*}



end{table}



end{document}

Without footnotesize the columns would be too squeezed. Depending on your text width, small could do.