Re: adjusting ocean weighting to freshwater weighting?


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Posted by Jason on July 12, 2002 at 23:05:56:

In Reply to: adjusting ocean weighting to freshwater weighting? posted by TDI_2 on July 11, 2002 at 11:32:26:

> 64.0/62.4 = 1.025641025

Don't go too far with those digits- the density of salt water isn't a constant. Difference in temperature and salinity change the constant. 2.5% works well enough here, might be off a pound or two going to the Red Sea. As always, it only gets settled in the field with actual diving.


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