more soluble (see Figure 4) than the anhydrous one; also, its solubilrty/pH slope is much more pronounced. This last feature comes out, in part, from the lowering of the pK1A value at increasing temperatures. Therefore, the higher occurrence In human stones (3-5, 8) of the anhydrous crystals can be a consequence not only of their thermodynamic stability but also of the higher solubility of the hydrated ones. On the contrary, the nonpolar structure of UA, as well as the thermodynamic parameter values, clearly shows that a very minor role is played by solute-solvent interactions.