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Density of water at 300*C and 750psi

Bolt - 10-3-2008 at 18:42

What is the density of water at 300*C and 750psi? I assume (but I don't know, and thus I am posting the question in this section) that I'll need a table for this... Does anyone know where those tables are located?

JohnWW - 10-3-2008 at 19:08

They should be in "steam tables". These are given, amng other places, in handbooks of chemical and mechanical engineering. In particular, chapter 3 of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 7th and 8th editions, which I have uploaded and of which I have posted links for downloading in the References section. At that pressure, 750 psi, at which water can be maintained as a liquid at temperatures up to 510ºF (265ºC) (not 300ºC), liquid water has a density of about 48.0 lb/ft³ or 0.768 gm/cm³.

Bolt - 11-3-2008 at 15:17

Thanks. ;)

solo - 11-3-2008 at 15:54

http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/pkirby/exemchem/...

Bolt - 12-3-2008 at 12:46

Yes, thanks. I thought I had checked a phase diagram for water... but apparently I misread it.