Measurements of compressed liquid densities for 1-pentanol and for {CO2 (1) + 1-pentanol (2)} system were. carried out at temperatures from 313 K to 363 K and pressures up to 25 MPa. Densities were measured for binary mixtures at 10 different compositions, x(1) = 0.0816, 0.1347, 0.3624, 0.4651, 0.6054, 0.7274, 0.8067, 0.8573, 0.9216, and 0.9757. A vibrating tube densimeter was used to perform density measurements using two reference calibration fluids. The uncertainty is estimated to be better than +/- 0.2 kg center dot m(-3) for the experimental density measurements. For each mixture and for 1-pentanol, the experimental densities were correlated using an explicit volume equation of six parameters and an 11-parameter equation of state (EoS). Excess molar volumes were determined for the (CO2 + 1-pentanol) system using 1-pentanol densities calculated from the 11-parameter EoS and CO2 densities calculated from a multiparameter reference EoS. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.