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Compilation of Henry's law constants (version 5.0.0) for water as solvent

Rolf Sander

2023Atmospheric chemistry and physics424 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract. Many atmospheric chemicals occur in the gas phase as well as in liquid cloud droplets and aerosol particles. Therefore, it is necessary to understand their distribution between the phases. According to Henry’s law, the equilibrium ratio between the abundances in the gas phase and in the aqueous phase is constant for a dilute solution. Henry’s law constants of trace gases of potential importance in environmental chemistry have been collected and converted into a uniform format. The compilation contains 46 434 values of Henry’s law constants for 10 173 species, collected from 995 references. It is also available on the internet at https://www.henrys-law.org (last access: October 2023). This article is a living review that supersedes the now obsolete publication by Sander (2015).

Topics & Concepts

Henry's lawAerosolSolventConstant (computer programming)LawGas phaseAqueous solutionChemistryTRACE (psycholinguistics)Trace gasThermodynamicsEnvironmental sciencePhysical chemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePhilosophyPolitical scienceProgramming languageLinguisticsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAdsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials