Calculates the density of pure water (kg/m^3) from temperature in degrees Celsius using the polynomial approximation of Kell (1975). Valid for temperatures between 0°C and 150°C at atmospheric pressure.
References
Kell, G. S. (1975). Density, thermal expansivity, and compressibility of liquid water from 0° to 150°C: Correlations and tables for atmospheric pressure and saturation reviewed and expressed on 1968 temperature scale. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 20(1), 97–105. doi:10.1021/je60064a005
Examples
calc_water_density(15)
#> [1] 999.0996
calc_water_density(c(0, 10, 20, 30))
#> [1] 999.8395 999.6996 998.2041 995.6473