Density of water

Source: R/subroutines.R

Calculates the density of water as a function of temperature and atmospheric pressure, using the Tumlirz Equation.

density_h2o(tc, p)

Arguments

tc

numeric, air temperature (tc), degrees C
p

numeric, atmospheric pressure (p), Pa

Value

numeric, density of water, kg/m^3

References

F.H. Fisher and O.E Dial, Jr. (1975) Equation of state of pure water and sea water, Tech. Rept., Marine Physical Laboratory, San Diego, CA.

Examples

 # Density of water at 20 degrees C and standard atmospheric pressure
 print(density_h2o(20, 101325))

#> [1] 998.2056