Water Properties

Physical and thermodynamic properties of water — density, viscosity, specific heat, phase transitions.

Reference Reference Updated Apr 19, 2026
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Molecular

Formula
H₂O
Molar mass
18.015 g/mol
Bond angle
104.5°
O–H bond length
0.9584 Å

Thermal

Melting point (1 atm)
0.00 °C (273.15 K)
Boiling point (1 atm)
99.974 °C (373.12 K)
Triple point
0.01 °C @ 611.657 Pa
Critical point
374 °C @ 22.064 MPa
Heat capacity (liquid, 25 °C)
4181.3 J/(kg·K)
Heat of fusion
334 kJ/kg
Heat of vaporization
2257 kJ/kg (at 100 °C)
Thermal conductivity
0.598 W/(m·K) at 20 °C

Density (liquid)

Temperature Density (kg/m³)
0 °C 999.84
4 °C 999.97 (max)
10 °C 999.70
20 °C 998.21
25 °C 997.05
50 °C 988.04
100 °C 958.37

Viscosity

Temperature Dynamic (mPa·s) Kinematic (mm²/s)
0 °C 1.793 1.793
20 °C 1.002 1.004
40 °C 0.653 0.658
80 °C 0.355 0.365

Other

Surface tension (20 °C)
72.8 mN/m
Refractive index (589 nm)
1.333
Dielectric constant (20 °C)
80.1
Dissociation constant pKw
14.0 at 25 °C

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