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What is the highest temperature at the lowest pressure that carbon dioxide remains in liquid form?

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Jason G asked:


Unanswered from 4 days ago:
Let’s say I need to vaporize Liquid CO2, but do not want to deal with alot of condensation, and do not want the Co2 to go supercritical, since there will be alot of heat involved in the vaporizing. What would be an optimum temp/pressure?
In F and PSI please. Thanks

CO2 liguid forms under pressure and at cold temperatures, solids sublime at atmospheric pressure, also super critical fluid forms at high temperature and pressure.

It is possible to have CO2 liquid at 0F, under 300 PSI. I know this I am wondering how much pressure would be needed to get keep liquid at say 24F? Is this possible? If I vaporized this liquid would I risk the liquid going supercritical?
Chem man those charts do not have any real numbers, you did not answer the question.