IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: Carbon dioxide with Water

Components:
   (1) Carbon dioxide; CO2; [124-38-9]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Orcutt, F.S.; Seevers, M.H., J. Biol. Chem. 1936, 117, 501-7.

Variables:
   Temperature = 298.15 K
   Pressure = 298.15 K

Prepared By:
   Rosa Crovetto

Experimental Data:   (Subscripts 1,2,3, ..., in column headings refer to components 1,2,3, ...)


t/°C	T/K	Temp Note	Pressure [atm]	Pressure (compiler) [bar]	α	α Note	Mole Fraction (x₁)	x₁ Note
25	298.15	a	1.00	1.045	0.753	b	6.108	a, c

Notes:
   ^a  Calculated by the compiler.
   ^b  α = Bunsen coefficient [cm³ (STP) cm^-3 atm^-1].
   ^c  Assuming that V_m,1 = 22.2605 dm³ mol^-1 at STP.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   A Van Slyke - Neill aparatus was used to perform the experiments.¹ The authors present the method as "qualitative".

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) "Commercial tank"
   (2) Not stated.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: Nothing specified.