The ν₁ band of gaseous carbon dioxide has been studied in pressure-induced absorption at temperatures of ~ 190, ~ 300, and ~ 470 K, over a density range from 0.5 to 300 amagat, and with path lengths from 0.007 to 56 m. The observed temperature variation of the binary absorption coefficient can be satisfactorily accounted for only by adding a quadrupole–quadrupole interaction term to the usual Lennard–Jones model for the inter-molecular potential. The band profile is in agreement with the theory of quadrupole-induced absorption. There is some increase in the intensity of the band near the critical point due to the divergence of the correlation length. A very marked increase in the intensity is possibly prevented by the "cancellation effect".