The amount of CO2 dissolved in water is proportional to the outer pressure. At 20°C, 1 liter water dissolves about 1.7 g CO2 at normal pressure (1 atm). If the pressure is twice as large, the amount of dissolved CO2 is twice as much, 3.4 g.

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Ask Question Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 7 years, 7 months ago Why does Co2+ have 7 electrons in the 3d orbital, and not 5 like Mn? So I wanted to know what the reaction between sodium hydroxide and carbon dioxide can be, and upon research I got 2 answers. The first one is $$\\ce{CO2 + NaOH(aq) -> NaHCO3(aq)}$$ and the seco... CO2 has no dipole moment, but that doesn't make it nonpolar. The combined opposed dipole moments give the whole molecule a "quadrupole moment" meaning that if there is a 4-pole electric field with positive at north and south and negative at east and west, the CO2 molecule will tend to turn to a north-south orientation.

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If CO2 is nonpolar how come much more dissolves in water than O2? Background I am trying to determine how many kg of $\\ce{CO2}$ are released when burning 1 GJ of natural gas. What I've tried I have very little chemistry knowledge, but google led me to these two s...