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. 2017 Sep 26;117(19):12385–12414. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00259

Table 3. Selected Physicochemical Properties of Liquid Watera.

property value
density 997.047013 kg m–3
molar volume 18.0685 cm3 mol−1
molar concentration 55.345 mol dm–3
molality 55.508472 mol kg–1
dielectric constant 78.375
magnetic susceptibility –1.64 × 10–10 m3 mol–1
electric conductivity 0.05501 × 10–6 Ω–1 cm–1
limiting molar conductivity H+: 349.19 cm2 Ω–1 mol–1
  OH: 199.24 cm2 Ω–1 mol–1
ionic mobility H+: 3.623 × 10–7 m2 V–1 s–1
  OH: 2.064 × 10–7 m2 V–1 s–1
thermal conductivity 0.610 W m–1 K–1
speed of sound 1496.69922 m s–1
refractive index 1.33286 (λ = 589.26 nm)
pH 6.9976
pKw 13.995
surface tension 0.07198 N m–1
kinematic viscosity 0.8935 × 10–6 m2 s–1
dynamic viscosity 0.8909 mPa s
bulk viscosity 2.47 mPa s
diffusion coefficient 0.2299 Å2 ps–1
dipole moment 2.95 D (at 27 °C)
adiabatic compressibility 0.4477 GPa–1
isothermal compressibility 0.4599 GPa–1
expansion coefficient 0.000253 °C–1
adiabatic elasticity 2.44 GPa
Joule–Thomson coefficient 0.214 K MPa–1
vapor pressure 3.165 kPa
cryoscopic constant 1.8597 K kg mol–1
ebullioscopic constant 0.5129 K kg mol–1
polarizability 1.636 × 10–40 F m2
a

Quantities dependent on temperature and/or pressure are given at 25 °C and 101.325 kPa. See also Table 1. (Data collected from ref (37).)