The solubility of water in each of benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and cyclohexane, was determined at 5° intervals over the range 10 to 40 °C. The solubilities were converted to Henry's law constants and these constants were interpreted by means of a statistical mechanical theory based on Zwanzig's perturbation theory of fluids. A fitting-parameter in the form of a correction factor to the water–solvent pairwise potential function was required. The values of this parameter for the benzene–water and cyclohexane–water systems could be rationalized on the basis of anisotropy of solvent polarizability. The values of the parameter for the carbon tetrachloride – water system were consistent with a hydrogen-bonding interaction between water and carbon tetrachloride.
Menzerath–Altmann Law: Statistical Mechanical Interpretation as Applied to a Linguistic Organization