Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)

Journal Article · · Pure and Applied Chemistry
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Max Planck Inst. of Chemistry, Mainz (Germany)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
  4. Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
  5. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)
Henry’s law states that the abundance of a volatile solute dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its abundance in the gas phase. It applies at equilibrium and in the limit of infinite dilution of the solute. For historical reasons, numerous different definitions, names, and symbols are used in the literature to express the proportionality coefficient, denoted the “Henry’s law constant”. Furthermore, a consistent set of recommendations is presented. An important distinction is made between two new recommended reciprocal quantities: “Henry’s law solubility constant” (H s) and “Henry’s law volatility constant” (H v). Eight recommended variants of H s and H v are described and relations among them presented.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1763996
Report Number(s):
BNL--220956-2021-JAAM
Journal Information:
Pure and Applied Chemistry, Journal Name: Pure and Applied Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 94; ISSN 0033-4545
Publisher:
IUPACCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

The dissociation constant and henry's law constant of HCl in aqueous solution journal January 1986
Henry's Law and sheep's tails journal January 1988
The Ostwald coefficient of gas solubility journal January 1984
III. Experiments on the quantity of gases absorbed by water, at different temperatures, and under different pressures journal January 1803
The IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series: A guide to preparation and use of compilations and evaluations (IUPAC Technical Report) journal March 2010
Notation for states and processes, significance of the word standard in chemical thermodynamics, and remarks on commonly tabulated forms of thermodynamic functions journal January 1982
Physicochemical quantities and units in clinical chemistry with special emphasis on activities and activity coefficients (Recommendations 1983) journal January 1984
Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990) journal January 1990
Nomenclature for liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) (IUPAC Recommendations 1993) journal January 1993
Standard quantities in chemical thermodynamics. Fugacities, activities and equilibrium constants for pure and mixed phases (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) journal January 1994
Glossary of terms related to solubility (IUPAC Recommendations 2008) journal January 2008
Über die Konstitution der Salzlösungen auf Grund ihres Verhaltens zu Kohlensäure journal January 1889
IUPAC/NIST Solubility Data Series, NIST Standard Reference Database 106 dataset January 2007
Compilation of Henry's law constants (version 4.0) for water as solvent journal January 2015

Similar Records

Determination of Henry's law constants of organics in dilute aqueous solutions
Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; (United States) · OSTI ID:5620600

Recommended Henry’s Law Constants for Non-Groundwater Pathways Models in GoldSim
Technical Report · Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · OSTI ID:1365662

Measurement of Henry's law constants for C/sub 1/ and C/sub 2/ chlorinated hydrocarbons
Journal Article · Sat Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1987 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5671267