The solvation of methane in water will be used to discuss hydrophobic solvation effects. A phenomenological thermodynamical analysis of solvation provides a variant of Henry's law, which will be used to examine the connections between the excess chemical potential of solvation μex and the density of the solvent ρH2O.
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Konrad, Oliver; Lankau, Timm. J. Chem. Educ.2007, 84, 864.
Keywords
Aqueous Solution Chemistry; Hydrogen Bonding; Physical Chemistry; Thermodynamics; Upper-Division Undergraduate; Water / Water Chemistry
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