The steady-state CO2 flux across thin layers of 30 g/100 ml albumin solutions was measured in two different C02 partial pressure ranges (boundary Pco 2 values 3 and 8 torr, and 160 and 650 torr, respectively). From the data the apparent diffusion coefficient for CO2, Dco 2 , was calculated. In the high Pco 2 range a value of Dco 2 was found which is to be expected on the basis of diffusion of dissolved CO2 only. In the low Pco 2 range Dco 2 was about 100 % higher than in the high Pco 2 range, when carbonic anhydrase was present and the pH was -7.7. Dco 2 depended on the concentration of carbonic anhydrase. It increased with increasing pH. It is concluded that an additional diffusion of bound CO 2 (facilitated CO2 diffusion) occurs in the low Pco 2 range and that this transport involves the hydration of CO2. From the diffusion coefficients in the two Pco 2 ranges the rate of facilitated diffusion was determined. Approximate calculations show that this rate (at pH < 7.7) can be explained on the basis of the proposed mechanism of facilitated CO 2 diffusion: bicarbonate diffusion and simultaneous proton transport by albumin diffusion. The view that facilitated CO 2 diffusion is mediated by the diffusion of albumin is supported by the experimental finding of a considerable suppression of the facilitated CO2 flux in the presence of gelatinized agar-agar.