Articles | Volume 23, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10901-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10901-2023
Review article
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06 Oct 2023
Review article |  | 06 Oct 2023

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

Rolf Sander

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).

Short summary
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.
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