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. 2017 Feb 23;122(5):1313–1320. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01124.2016

Table 2.

Solubility coefficients for CO2 in water and physiological solutions

Temperature, °C Water Source (15) 0.9% NaCl Source (26) Oxygen Plasma Source (3)
0 1.713
1 1.646
2 1.584
3 1.527
4 1.473
5 1.424
6 1.377
7 1.331
8 1.282
9 1.237
10 1.194 1.177
11 1.154 1.137
12 1.117 1.1
13 1.083 1.066
14 1.05 1.033
15 1.019 1.002 0.916
16 0.985 0.968
17 0.956 0.939
18 0.928 0.911
19 0.902 0.885
20 0.878 0.861 0.787
21 0.854 0.837
22 0.829 0.812
23 0.804 0.787
24 0.781 0.764
25 0.759 0.742 0.681
26 0.738 0.721
27 0.718 0.701
28 0.699 0.682
29 0.682 0.665
30 0.665 0.648 0.601
31 0.633
32 0.619
33 0.604
34 0.59
35 0.592 0.575 0.535
36 0.563
37 0.55 0.515
38 0.538 0.503
39 0.523
40 0.53 0.513 0.482
45 0.479
50 0.436
55
60 0.359

Values are in standard units (ml gas/ml solution at a partial pressure of 1 atm).