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Speed of Sound in Pure Water
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Ocean AcousticsEngineeringPhysicsMeasurementPhysical AcousticPure WaterSound-speed EquationApplied PhysicsTemperature MeasurementAtmospheric AcousticNoiseUnderwater AcousticThermal PhysicsAcoustical EngineeringSound PropagationFifth OrderT68 Scale
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.