Does temperature affect a spring's properties underwater?

[todders04]

Hello PF!

I was having a debate with a coworker of mine. We were talking about the properties of springs underwater. He was convinced that it doesn't change, at least when in water. I thought otherwise.

Does a spring's spring constant change if fully submerged underwater?

Does the temperature of the water, extreme hot, extreme cold, change the spring constant of the spring?

What do you all think?

 

[K^2]

Temperature will affect the spring constant. Simple fact of being submerged under water with temperatures being the same, will not.