E.m.f. measurements on the galvanic cell: Mo|Mo + MoO2|ZrO2(CaO)|O(in Ni)LaCrO3|Pt were performed at 1773, 1823, and 1873 K to determine the thermodynamic properties of oxygen dissolved in liquid nickel. The Gibbs energy change for the solution of oxygen in liquid nickel was determined as ΔG°(O)/kJ mol-1 = -RT In[a(O)/p{O2(Ni)} 1 2] = -{81.8 + 0.0084( T K)} ± 1.2. where p{O2(Ni)} is the oxygen partial pressure in equilibrium with oxygen dissolved in liquid nickel, and the Henrian activity a(O) of oxygen is referred to the dissolved oxygen in hypothetical (Ni + 1 mass per cent O) solution. © 1979.