Steam, Water, and Hydrothermal Systems: Physics and Chemistry Meeting the Needs of Industry. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam.

In September 1999 over 160 scientists and engineers from 17 countries met in Toronto, Canada, to attend the 13th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam, where they presented more than 140 papers on pure and applied research related to the physics and chemistry of hydrothermal systems. The conference continued the series begun in 1929, when the first of the “International Steam Tables Conferences” was held in London, England, driven by the need for international agreement on the properties of steam for thermal power station design. These meetings have traditionally provided the scientific foundation for very accurate representations of the thermophysical properties of water and steam. In recent years, the conference has expanded to include pure and applied research on aqueous solutions at high temperature and pressure for applications to electric power cycle chemistry and other industrial technologies that involve the use of high-temperature water and su