Fresh Water: Temperature of Maximum Density Calculated from Compressibility
- 13 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3598) , 1457-1458
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3598.1457
Abstract
Measurement of sonic velocities in water provides an accurate method for determining the equation of state for water. A simple equation of state for fresh water yields the temperature of maximum density as a function of pressure.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Speed of sound in water by a direct methodJournal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 1957
- Bottom Temperatures in Deep LakesScience, 1931