“…The Berkeley calorimeter produced a limited number of data for Na 2 SO 4 (aq) (3) and MgSO 4 (aq) (5) at temperatures up to 473 K and for KCl(aq) (6) up to 573 K. The Delaware calorimeter was twice reconstructed (7,8) and has been continuously improved while yielding an important quantity of data for aqueous solutions over a period of 15 years. A series of measurements was performed in the 1980s for aqueous 1-1 and 2-1 electrolytes (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, NaBr, CaCl 2 , MgCl 2 , FeCl 2 , and NiCl 2 at temperatures typically between 300 K and 623 K (4,(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16) ) followed in the 1990s by investigations of solutions of HCl, NH 4 Cl, H 3 PO 4 , and SO 2 in the same temperature range, reported by Sharygin and collaborators. (17)(18)(19) A group of thirteen organic electrolytes and nonelectrolytes of different molecular structures was studied to T = 525 K by Inglese et al (20)(21)(22) The most important results from Delaware were, however, those obtained at T > 623 K, through the critical region of water, where the apparent molar heat capacity of a dilute solution exhibits a typical "S" like behaviour switching between deeply negative and highly positive values, or vice versa.…”