Calculating density using temp. and salinity?

thethedev · 2010-02-12 15:18:42

Hi Does anyone know how to work out the density of water using just the temperature and the salinity? There must be a formula as I've found a few sites that do the conversion for you but I need the actual formula. Any help at all is appreciated thanks

12-02-2010 04:18PM

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thethedev

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Hi
Does anyone know how to work out the density of water using just the temperature and the salinity?
There must be a formula as I've found a few sites that do the conversion for you but I need the actual formula.
Any help at all is appreciated thanks

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#2 12-02-2010 11:52PM

Delphi91

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Try here:
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=7&ved=0CCIQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthwardconsulting.com%2Fdensity.xls&ei=ydp1S76gBKf-0gSpiIXwBA&usg=AFQjCNGbRQbQQovq2Wy-rhNHjuYKwe5rxQ&sig2=K5_6QZcH8jqpI4G_e2d6Gw

Looks fiddly, but you could figure out the formula from it.

Or here: http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&ved=0CA8QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~bklinger%2Fseawater.pdf&ei=Z9x1S7f8Bqay0gS8hsG0CQ&usg=AFQjCNFpWKFd6dgdWnj3j8GHvAzTsYWqag&sig2=-4XGjWs0BgQZZ3kMaPD3Lg

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