Measurements of the critical parameters for {xNH(3) + (1- x)H2O} with x = (0.9098.0.7757,0.6808) were carried out by using a metal-bellows variable volumometer with an optical cell. The expanded uncertainties (k = 2) in temperature, pressure, density, and composition measurements have been estimated to be less than 3.2 mK, 3.2 kPa, 0.3 kg (.) m(-1), and 8.8 (.) 10(-4), respectively. in each mole fraction, the critical temperature T-c was first determined on the basis of the intensity of the critical opalescence. The critical pressure pc and critical density p(c) were then determined as the point at which the meniscus disappears on the isotherm at T = T-c. The expanded uncertainties (k = 2) in the present critical parameters have also been estimated. Comparisons of the present values with the literature data as well as the calculated values afforded using the equation of state are also presented. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.