From Deep Sea to Laboratory 3: From Tait?s Work on the Compressibility of Seawater to Equations?of?State for Liquids (Environmental Sciences)

Aitken, Frederic; Foulc, Jean-Numa

ISBN 10: 1786303760 / ISBN 13: 9781786303769

Published by Wiley-ISTE, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Deep Sea to Laboratory 3: From Tait?s Work on the Compressibility of Seawater to Equations?of?State for Liquids (Environmental Sciences)
• Publisher: Wiley-ISTE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786303760
• ISBN 13: 9781786303769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physical oceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conduct an in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical properties of ocean waters.

Volume 3 focuses on measurements and modeling of liquid compressibility. Based on the work initiated by the physicist Peter Tait, a detailed presentation of liquid equations-of-state is proposed. The physical interpretation of the parameters of these equations is discussed, leading to a description of the "structure" of liquid media.

From Deep Sea to Laboratory is available in three volumes for curious readers drawn to travel, history and science. Students, researchers and teachers of physics, fluid mechanics and oceanography will find material to deepen their knowledge.

About the Author

Frédéric Aitken is a CNRS researcher who has previously worked at the Electrostatics and Dielectric Materials Laboratory (LEMD) and is currently working at the Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory (G2Elab). He is the former President of the Alps section of the French Society of Physics.

Jean-Numa Foulc is Honorary Professor at Grenoble Alpes University in France. He has had successive positions as an Assistant Professor and then Professor at the Universities of Rouen, Montpellier and Grenoble (Polytech Grenoble). He is currently a researcher at G2Elab.