The electrical conductivities of aqueous solutions of the azo dye methyl orange (sodium salt) were measured at 25.0 °C in the concentration range between 2.103 × 10 -4 and 9.255 × 10 -4 mol L -1 . Molar conductivity values t the Debye-Hückel-Wager equation for a symmetric electrolyte. The value of the molar conductivity of the sodium salt of methyl orange at in nite dilution is 77.93 ± 0.38 S cm 2 mol -1 . For the anions of methyl orange, the ionic conductivity at in nite dilution was calculated to be 27.82 S cm 2 mol -1 . Using the same methodology, a thermodynamic analysis of the association between methyl orange anion and α-cyclodextrin was conducted at 20.0, 25.0, 32.0, and 40.0 °C. The measured molar conductivities decreased as the mole ratio of α-cyclodextrin to methyl orange went below 3. The conductivity measurements were analysed using a model using 1:1 stoichiometry at the four different temperatures. The values of AH o and AS o are determined, as well as a discussion of their relevance.