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by mbrubeck 452 days ago
units.txt defines `water` like this:

    water := gram / cm^3     // Standard density of water (defined)
1 g/cm^3 is the maximum density of water at standard pressure (1 atm), which it reaches at 3.98°C.

(Or at least, that used to be true by definition. Using the current definition of the kilogram, and the latest measurements of water density, the maximum density is actually closer to 0.99997 g/cm^3.)

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I see, that makes sense now.