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AlexanderHowl · 07-10-2020, 04:48 PM

The maximum compressability of water is around 2% (so that is the maximum density increase that water would experience), though it does become solid around 1 gigapascal, depending on salinity and temperature. At a depth of 1,000 km of Titan, the pressure would be around 1.6 gigapascal (assuming 10% salinity), so it could remain liquid at a temperature of 20 C. Of course, if Titan possesses a small iron core, the temperatures could easily reach up to 400 K due to radioactive decay, meaning that any life at the depths would be quite different than Earth life.

07-10-2020, 04:48 PM	#46
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Life & Temperatures on Titan The maximum compressability of water is around 2% (so that is the maximum density increase that water would experience), though it does become solid around 1 gigapascal, depending on salinity and temperature. At a depth of 1,000 km of Titan, the pressure would be around 1.6 gigapascal (assuming 10% salinity), so it could remain liquid at a temperature of 20 C. Of course, if Titan possesses a small iron core, the temperatures could easily reach up to 400 K due to radioactive decay, meaning that any life at the depths would be quite different than Earth life.