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. 2017 Feb 7;8:14561. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14561

Figure 5. Pictorial definition of hydration volume.

Figure 5

Volume of solute in non-polar phase (Vφ,NP) includes volume that a solute occupies in non-polar solvent (red area). The difference between the volume in the gas phase (VSE) and the partial volume of solute in water (Vφ,aq) accounts only for the volume changes due to the interactions with water. Thus, the hydration volume can be defined as VHyd=Vφ,aqVSE.