Water, Water, Everywhere: Phase Diagrams of Ordinary Water Substance

L. Glasser
Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6845, Austrialia
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (3), p 414
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p414
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004

Abstract

A three-dimensional phase diagram for ordinary water substance, with its solid, liquid, and vapor phases, based on fitted authentic experimental data is presented. Such an authentic diagram appears not to have been presented for water before, and may improve the understanding of its phase relationships. The nature of the IAPWS-95 equations, fitted to data, is discussed.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Research: Science and Education

Keywords (Subject):

Materials Science

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