Effects of Salts of Varying Nature on the Energy Stability of the Structure of Aqueous Solutions

For cyclopentane used as a model hydrocarbon, solubility in water and aqueous solutions of various salts (chlorides, bromides, iodides, rhodanides, alkali metal acetates and sulfates, and calcium and zinc chlorides) at 20±1°C has been determined. Variations of the increment of the methylene group ( ) induced by salt additions to water, are calculated. When the salt is added to the solution, the increment increases drastically irrespective of the nature of the ions, thus stabilizing the structure of the solution. The increase, however, depends significantly on the nature of the salt, which is explained by different degrees of structuring of the aqueous solution caused by the ions of the salts.