Given its importance, the solubility of CO2 in water is presented in two tables. Table 1 contains the mole fraction solubility X1 of CO2 in water (column 2) for common temperatures (column 1) at a CO2 partial pressure of 101.325 kPa. The values in this table are taken from Ref. 1, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry “Solubility Data Series” and comprise evaluated data fitted to a Henry’s Law Constant equation described in this reference. The right-hand column of Table 1 contains the standard deviation and temperature range of applicability.
Table 2 gives the solubility of CO2 in water, expressed as a mole fraction of CO2 in the liquid phase, for pressures up to 100 kPa and temperatures of 0 to 100 °C. (Note that 1 standard atmosphere equals 101.325 kPa.) Refs. 2-4 give data over a wider range of temperatures and pressures. The estimated uncertainty is about 2%.
CO2 reacts with water and all solubility values are for bulk solubilities; i.e., all chemical species of CO2 and its reaction products with water are included in both tables.
T/K | Solubility (X1) | Equation parameters |
288.15 | 8.21 × 10–4 | Derived from Henry’s Law Constant Equation |
293.15 | 7.07 × 10–4 | |
298.15 | 6.15 × 10–4 | Std. dev. = ±1.1% |
303.15 | 5.41 × 10–4 | Temp. range = 273.15–353.15 |
308.15 | 4.80 × 10–4 |
Substance | t /°C | 5 kPa | 10 kPa | 20 kPa | 30 kPa | 40 kPa | 50 kPa | 100 kPa |
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Carbon dioxide | 0 | 0.067 | 0.135 | 0.269 | 0.404 | 0.538 | 0.671 | 1.337 |
Carbon dioxide | 5 | 0.056 | 0.113 | 0.226 | 0.338 | 0.451 | 0.564 | 1.123 |
Carbon dioxide | 10 | 0.048 | 0.096 | 0.191 | 0.287 | 0.382 | 0.477 | 0.950 |
Carbon dioxide | 15 | 0.041 | 0.082 | 0.164 | 0.245 | 0.327 | 0.409 | 0.814 |
Carbon dioxide | 20 | 0.035 | 0.071 | 0.141 | 0.212 | 0.283 | 0.353 | 0.704 |
Carbon dioxide | 25 | 0.031 | 0.062 | 0.123 | 0.185 | 0.247 | 0.308 | 0.614 |
Carbon dioxide | 30 | 0.027 | 0.054 | 0.109 | 0.163 | 0.218 | 0.271 | 0.541 |
Carbon dioxide | 35 | 0.024 | 0.048 | 0.097 | 0.145 | 0.193 | 0.242 | 0.481 |
Carbon dioxide | 40 | 0.022 | 0.043 | 0.087 | 0.130 | 0.173 | 0.216 | 0.431 |
Carbon dioxide | 45 | 0.020 | 0.039 | 0.078 | 0.117 | 0.156 | 0.196 | 0.389 |
Carbon dioxide | 50 | 0.018 | 0.036 | 0.071 | 0.107 | 0.142 | 0.178 | 0.354 |
Carbon dioxide | 55 | 0.016 | 0.033 | 0.065 | 0.098 | 0.131 | 0.163 | 0.325 |
Carbon dioxide | 60 | 0.015 | 0.030 | 0.060 | 0.090 | 0.121 | 0.150 | 0.300 |
Carbon dioxide | 65 | 0.014 | 0.028 | 0.056 | 0.084 | 0.112 | 0.140 | 0.279 |
Carbon dioxide | 70 | 0.013 | 0.026 | 0.052 | 0.079 | 0.105 | 0.131 | 0.261 |
Carbon dioxide | 75 | 0.012 | 0.025 | 0.049 | 0.074 | 0.099 | 0.123 | 0.245 |
Carbon dioxide | 80 | 0.012 | 0.023 | 0.047 | 0.070 | 0.093 | 0.116 | 0.232 |
Carbon dioxide | 85 | 0.011 | 0.022 | 0.044 | 0.067 | 0.089 | 0.111 | 0.221 |
Carbon dioxide | 90 | 0.011 | 0.021 | 0.042 | 0.064 | 0.085 | 0.106 | 0.211 |