Vapor pressure equation for water in the range 0 to 100 C

Abstract

In 1971 Wexler and Greenspan published a formulation for the vapor pressure of water encompassing the temperature range 0 to 100 degrees C. In this paper a revision is made of that earlier formulation to make it consistent with the definitive experimental value of the vapor pressure of water at its triple point recently obtained by Guildner, Johnson, and Jones. The two formulations are essentially identical at temperatures from 25 to 100 degrees C.For temperatures below 25 degrees C the new formulation predicts values that are higher than the 1971 formulation. At the triple point, the vapor pressure given by the new formulation is 611.657 Pa whereas the value given by the 1971 formulation is 611.196 Pa. A table is given of the vapor pressure as a function of temperature at 0.1-deg intervals over the range 0 to 100 degrees C on the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968, together with values of the temperature derivative at 1-deg intervals.