The Rice and Walsh Equation of State for Water

Discussion, Limitations, and Extensions

R. A. Papetti, Misako C. Fujisaki

ResearchPublished 1967

The equation of state of water developed by M. H. Rice and J. H. Walsh in 1957 is examined in detail for the purpose of constructing a set of equilibrium relations for water over a range of thermodynamic variables suitable for nuclear butst and hypervelocity calculations in water. Analytic expressions and quadratures for the numerical results for the enthalpy-pressure-volume and energy-pressure-volume relations to 450 kilobars and presents a method for extrapolating a strip of the enthalpy-pressure-volume and energy-pressure-volume surfaces containing the Hugoniot curve to the Thomas-Fermi region (assumed to have a minimum pressure of 10 megabars).

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  • Year: 1967
  • Pages: 52
  • Document Number: RM-5050-PR

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Papetti, R. A. and Misako C. Fujisaki, The Rice and Walsh Equation of State for Water: Discussion, Limitations, and Extensions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1967. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5050.html.
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