Speed of Sound in Pure Water

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Authors

V. A. Del Grosso · United States Naval Research Laboratory

C. W. Mader · United States Naval Research Laboratory

Abstract

A sound-speed equation of fifth order in temperature is fit with a standard deviation of 0.0028 m/sec to 148 observations between 0.001°C and 95.126°C on the T68 scale. The accuracy is believed to be 0.015 m/sec, and the reproducibility over replications is 0.005 m/sec.

Topics & Keywords

Flow Measurement and Analysis Underwater Acoustics Research Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volume 52, Issue 5B, pp. 1442-1446

DOI: 10.1121/1.1913258

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