Electrostatic and induction effects in the solubility of water in alkanes

D. Asthagiri, A. Valiya Parambathu, Deepti Ballal +1

Experiments show that at 298~K and 1 atm pressure the transfer free energy, ${\mu }^{\mathrm{ex}}$, of water from its vapor to liquid normal alkanes $C_n{H}_{2n+2}$ ($n=5\dots 12$) is negative…