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Science 13 December 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3598, pp. 1457 - 1458
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3598.1457
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Fresh Water: Temperature of Maximum Density Calculated from Compressibility

Henning Eklund 1

1 U.S. Public Health Service, 1819 West Pershing Road, Chicago, Illinois 60609

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.


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