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Response to "Comment on 'Global thermodynamics of hydrophobic cavitation, dewetting, and hydration' [J. Chem. Phys. 123, 184504 (2005)]".

Ben-Amotz D

Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

This reply clarifies the difference between the entropy convergence and zero-crossing temperatures of hydrophobic solutes in water, as well as the relation of the latter temperature to hydrophobic dewetting, using the aqueous partial molar volume of methane at high temperatures as an example.

Published 25 July 2006 in J Chem Phys, 125(3): 37102.
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