Arieh Y. Ben-Naim

Modern Solvation Thermodynamics from Macroscopic to Microscopic Approach

The concept of solvation was originally studied within thermodynamics. This may be referred to as the macroscopic approach to solvation. It involved the transfer of solute from the gaseous phase into the solvent under well-specified thermodynamic conditions. In 1978, a new definition of the solvation process was introd...