The molar enthalpy of hydration ΔhydH∞ is defined as the enthalpy change when one mole of an ideal gas is dissolved in an infinite amount of water. Another term for this quantity is enthalpy (heat) of solvation in water at infinite dilution. The enthalpy of hydration influences the distribution of a volatile compound between the aqueous solution phase and air and is thus important in fields such as environmental science, geochemistry, and chemical engineering. It is related to the enthalpy of solution of the liquid or solid phase, ΔsolH∞, by
ΔhydH∞ = ΔsolH∞ – ΔvapH°
where ΔvapH° is the molar enthalpy of vaporization. This table gives the molar enthalpy of hydration for a number of common substances at 298.15 K. Column definitions are as follows.
Column heading | Definition |
Name | Gas name; list is alphabetically by name |
Mol. form. | Molecular formula of gas |
ΔhydH° | Molar enthalpy of hydration, in units kJ mol-1 |
Name | Synonym | Mol. form. | CAS Reg. No. | Mol. wt. | ΔhydH∞/kJ mol-1 |
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Acenaphthene | 1,2-Dihydroacenaphthylene | C12H10 | 83-32-9 | 154.207 | -52.1 |
Acetic acid | Ethanoic acid | C2H4O2 | 64-19-7 | 60.052 | -52.8 |
Acetone | 2-Propanone | C3H6O | 67-64-1 | 58.079 | -39.7 |
Acetonitrile | Methyl cyanide | C2H3N | 75-05-8 | 41.052 | -34.9 |
Acetophenone | Methyl phenyl ketone | C8H8O | 98-86-2 | 120.149 | -53.3 |
Ammonia | R-717 | H3N | 7664-41-7 | 17.031 | -35.4 |
Aniline | Benzenamine | C6H7N | 62-53-3 | 93.127 | -56.5 |
Anisole | Methoxybenzene | C7H8O | 100-66-3 | 108.138 | -41.4 |
Argon | Ar | 7440-37-1 | 39.948 | -12.2 | |
Benzaldehyde | Benzenecarboxaldehyde | C7H6O | 100-52-7 | 106.122 | -42.1 |
Benzene | [6]Annulene | C6H6 | 71-43-2 | 78.112 | -28.1 |
Benzonitrile | Phenyl cyanide | C7H5N | 100-47-0 | 103.122 | -48.5 |
Benzyl alcohol | Benzenemethanol | C7H8O | 100-51-6 | 108.138 | -66.9 |
Biphenyl | Diphenyl | C12H10 | 92-52-4 | 154.207 | -47.2 |
Bromobenzene | Phenyl bromide | C6H5Br | 108-86-1 | 157.008 | -33.5 |
Bromodichloromethane | CHBrCl2 | 75-27-4 | 163.829 | -28.9 | |
Bromoethane | Ethyl bromide | C2H5Br | 74-96-4 | 108.965 | -29.5 |
Bromomethane | Methyl bromide | CH3Br | 74-83-9 | 94.939 | -23.8 |
2-Bromo-2-methylpropane | tert-Butyl bromide | C4H9Br | 507-19-7 | 137.018 | -25.4 |