“…The basic question is: 'Are the ionic activity coefficients measurable as claimed by us (Khoshkbarchi and Vera, 1996;Wilczek-Vera et al, 2004, 2010Wilczek-Vera and Vera, 2009a) and also by other researchers (Shatkay and Lerman, 1969;Lee et al, 2002;Schneider et al, 2003Schneider et al, , 2004Zhuo et al, 2008) or, as claimed by Malatesta (2009Malatesta ( , 2010 the real values are still unknown?' The term 'real' is used here in the sense of the actual value of the physical property, the value that can be used for chemical engineering design.…”