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Pure water

For pure water we have tex2html_wrap_inline4533 18 g/mole, tex2html_wrap_inline4515 0.461 j/g tex2html_wrap_inline4351 K and

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The latent heats are tex2html_wrap_inline4545 334 J/g for fusion, tex2html_wrap_inline4547 2500 J/g for evaporation and tex2html_wrap_inline4549 2834 J/g for sublimation. The triple point, where ice, liquid and vapor are in equilibrium, is at P = 6.1 mb and T = 273.16 tex2html_wrap_inline4351 K, and the critical point is at P = 218 bars and T = 647 tex2html_wrap_inline4351 K. See the article by Fofonoff in The Sea, Vol. 1, 1962 for more details.


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Steve Baum
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