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Specific Heat
- cp -

Substance
(cal/gram oC)

(J/kgoC)

Acetals

0.35

1460

Air, dry (sea level)

0.24

1005

Agate

0.19

800

Alcohol, ethyl

0.58

2440

Alcohol, m etyl wood)

0.60

2530

Alum inum

0.21

897

Alum inum bronze

0.10

436

Alum ina, AL 2O 3

0.17

718

Am m onia, liquid

1.12

4700

Am m onia, gas

0.49

2060

Antim ony

0.05

209

Argon

0.12

520

Arsenic

0.083

348

Artificial wool

0.32

1357

Asbestos

0.2

816

Asphalt

0.22

920

Barium

0.07

290

Barytes

0.11

460

Beryllium

0.24

1020

Bism uth

0.03

130

Boiler scale

0.19

800

Bone

0.11

440

Boron

0.23

960

Boron nitride

0.17

720

Brass

0.09

375

Brick

0.20

840

Bronze

0.09

370

Brown iron ore

0.16

670

Cadm ium

0.06

234

Calcium

0.13

532

Calsium silicate, CaSiO 3

0.17

710

Cellulose, cotton, wood pulp and regenerated

0.31 - 0.36

1300 - 1500

Cellulose acetate, m olded

0.30 - 0.43

1260 - 1800

Cellulose acetate, sheet

0.30 - 0.50

1260 - 2100

Cellulose nitrate, Celluloid

0.31 - 0.41

1300 - 1700

Chalk

0.18

750

Charcoal

0.06

840

Chrom ium

0.11

452

Chrom oxide

0.18

750

Clay, sandy

0.33

1381

Cobalt

0.10

435

Coke

0.20

840

Concrete

0.21

880

Constantan

0.1

410

Copper

0.09

385

Cork

0.48

2000

Diam ond (carbon)

0.12

516

Duralium

0.22

920

Em ery

0.23

960

Epoxy cast resins

0.24

1000

Fire brick

0.21

880

Fluorspar CaF2

0.20

830

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Dichlorodifluorom ethane R12, liquid

0.21

Dichlorodifluorom ethane R12, vapor

0.14

871
595

Ice (0 oC)

0.50

2093

India rubber

0.30

1250

Glass, crown

0.16

670

Glass, pyrex

0.18

753

Glass-wool

0.20

840

Gold

0.031

129

Granite

0.19

790

Graphite (carbon)

0.17

717

Gypsum

0.26

1090

Helium

1.24

5193

Hydrogen

3.42

14304

Ice, snow (-5 oC)

0.50

2090

Ingot iron

0.12

490

Iodine

0.05

218

Iridium

0.03

134

Iron

0.11

449

Lead

0.03

129

Leather

0.36

1500

Lim estone

0.22

909

Lithium

0.86

3582
1460

Lucite

0.35

M agnesia (M angnesium oxide), M gO

0.21

874

M agnesium

0.25

1050

M agnesium alloy

0.24

1010

M anganese

0.11

460

M arble

0.21

880

M ercury

0.033

140

M ica

0.21

880

M olybdenum

0.07

272

Neon

0.25

1030

Nickel

0.11

461

Nitrogen

0.25

1040

Nylon-6

0.38

1600

Nylon-66

0.41

1700

Olive oil

0.43

1790

Osm ium

0.03

130

Oxygen

0.22

918

Palladium

0.06

240

Paper

0.32

1336

Paraffin

0.78

3260

Peat

0.45

1900

Perlite

0.092

387

Phenolic cast resins

0.30 - 0.40

1250 - 1670

Phenol-form aldehyde m olding com pounds

0.60 - 1.4

2500 - 6000

Phosphorbonze

0.09

360

Phosphorus

0.19

800

Pinchbeck

0.09

380

Pit coal

0.24

1020
133

Platinium

0.032

Plutonium

0.033

140

Polycarbonates

0.28 - 0.30

1170 - 1250

Polyethylene terephthalate

0.30

1250

Polyim ide arom atics

0.27

1120

Polyisoprene natural rubber

0.45

1880

Polyisoprene hard rubber

0.33

1380

Polym ethylm ethacrylate

0.36

1500

Polypropylene

0.46

1920

Polystyrene

0.31 - 0.36

1300 - 1500

Polytetrafluoroethylene m oulding com pound

0.24

1000

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PT FE)

0.28

1172

Polyurethane cast liquid

0.43

1800

Polyurethane elastom er

0.43

1800

Polyvinylchloride PVC

0.20 - 0.29

840 - 1170

Porcelain

0.26

1085

Potassium

0.24

1000

Potassium chloride

0.16

680

Pyroceram

0.17

710

Quartz, SiO 2

0.17

730

Quartz glass

0.17

700

Red m etal

0.09

381

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Rhenium

0.03

Rhodium

0.06

140
240

Rosin

0.31

1300

Rubidium

0.08

330

Salt, NaCl

0.21

880

Sand, quartz

0.19

830

Sandstone

0.17

710

Scandium

0.16

568

Selenium

0.08

330

Silicon

0.17

705

silicon carbide

0.16

670

Silver

0.056

235

Slate

0.18

760

Sodium

0.30

1260

Soil, dry

0.19

800

Soil, wet

0.35

1480

Soot

0.20

840

Snow

0.50

2090

Steatite

0.20

830

Steel

0.12

490

Sulfur, crystal

0.17

700

T antalium

0.03

138

T ellurium

0.05

201

T horium

0.03

140

T im ber, alder

0.33

1400

T im ber, ash

0.38

1600

T im ber, birch

0.45

1900

T im ber, larch

0.33

1400

T im ber, m aple

0.38

1600

T im ber, oak

0.57

2400

T im ber, pitchpine

0.31

1300

T im ber, pockwood

0.60

2500

T im ber, red beech

0.31

1300

T im ber, red pine

0.36

1500

T im ber, white pine

0.36

1500

T im ber, walnut

0.33

1400

T in

0.054

228

T itanium

0.12

523

T ungsten

0.032

132

T ungsten carbide

0.04

171

Uranium

0.028

116

Vanadium

0.12

500

Water, pure liquid (20 oC)

1.00

4182

Water, vapor (27 oC)

0.95

3985

Wet m ud

0.60

2512

Wood

0.41

1300 - 2400

Zinc

0.093

388

1 calorie = 4.186 joules = 0.001 Btu/lb moF

1 cal/gramoC = 4186 J/kg oC
1 J/kg oC = 10 -3 kJ/kgK = 10 -3 J/g oC = 10 -6 kJ/g oC
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