Solubility of gases in liquids. 22. High-precision determination of Henry's law constants of oxygen in liquid water from T=274 K to T=328 K-a

The solubility of oxygen in pure liquid water was measured at a total press ure of about 100 kPa and from about T = 274.15 K to T = 328.14 K using an a nalytical method characterized by a precision of +/-0.05 per cent or less. From the experimental results, Henry's law constants H-2,H-1(T, p(s,1)) at the vapor pressure p(s,1)(T) of water as well as the Ostwald coefficients L -2,1(infinity) at infinite dilution were obtained via a rigorous thermodyna mic method. Measurements were made at roughly 0.5 K intervals around T = 27 7.15 K, that is, around the temperature of the maximum density of water, be tween T = 274.15 K and T = 281.14 K (region I); and at roughly 5 K interval s above T = 283.17 K (region II). For each region, the data In(H-2,H-1 (T, p(s,1))/Pa) were fitted to a three-term power series in 1/T: the average pe rcentage deviation of the experimental Henry's law constants in region I is 0.013, while for region II 0.051 is obtained. The average percentage devia tion of the entire set of measured Henry's law constants (32 points), exten ding from T = 274.15 K to T = 328.14 K, is 0.039. Similar results are obtai ned for the Ostwald coefficients. Subsequently, the partial molar enthalpy changes on solution and the partial molar heat capacity changes on solution were obtained from the temperature dependence of the Henry's law constant (van't Hoff analysis). Agreement with calorimetrically determined quantitie s is excellent. We believe that our new values for the Henry's law constant H-2,H-1(T, p(s,1)) and the Ostwald coefficient L-2,1(infinity) of oxygen i n water are the most reliable ones to date. (C) 2000 Academic Press.