Figure 2.
(a) Measured tensile strength of tap water versus temperature by Keller [17] at system pressure P1 and degree of gas saturation ε. (Reproduced with permission from [17]. Copyright © Technical University München/Obernach, Germany.) (b) For highly purified water by Briggs [11]. (Reproduced with permission from [11]. Copyright © AIP Publishing LLC.) (c) Theoretical cavitation pressures (-TS): dotted line, thin wall approximation, solid line, density functional theory (Speedy), dashed line, TIP5P equation of state. (Reproduced with permission from [18]. Copyright © American Physical Society.)