An experimental investigation on the solubility of CO2 in phenol

•Solubility pressures for CO2 in phenol at 354K and 395K.•Pressures up to 9MPa.•Henry's constant and partial molar volume of CO2 in phenol at infinite dilution.•Modelling: assuming that the vapour is (a) pure CO2 and (b) a mixture of (CO2+phenol).•Comparison with literature data reveals a good agreement. New experimental results are reported for the solubility of carbon dioxide in phenol at 354K and 395K at pressures between about 0.15MPa and 9MPa and for the partial molar volume of carbon dioxide at infinite dilution in phenol at the same temperatures. Henry's constant for carbon dioxide in phenol is determined from the new solubility data and a correlation is presented that describes the new gas solubility data within experimental uncertainty.