Specific heat capacity of materials

Specific Heat Capacity of common materials

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Paul Evans
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Specific Heat Capacity table
Specific Heat Capacity table

The specific heat capacity of materials ranging from Water to Uranium has been listed below in alphabetical order.
Below this table is an image version for offline viewing.

Material J/kg.K Btu/lbm.°F J/kg.°C kJ/kg.K
Aluminium 887 0.212 887 0.887
Asphalt 915 0.21854 915 0.915
Bone 440 0.105 440 0.44
Boron 1106 0.264 1106 1.106
Brass 920 0.220 920 0.92
Brick 841 0.201 841 0.841
Cast Iron 554 0.132 554 0.554
Clay 878 0.210 878 0.878
Coal 1262 0.301 1262 1.262
Cobalt 420 0.100 420 0.42
Concrete 879 0.210 879 0.879
Copper 385 0.092 385 0.385
Glass 792 0.189 792 0.792
Gold 130 0.031 130 0.13
Granite 774 0.185 774 0.774
Gypsum 1090 0.260 1090 1.09
Helium 5192 1.240 5192 5.192
Hydrogen 14300 3.415 14300 14.3
Ice 2090 0.499 2090 2.09
Iron 462 0.110 462 0.462
Lead 130 0.031 130 0.13
Limestone 806 0.193 806 0.806
Lithium 3580 0.855 3580 3.58
Magnesium 1024 0.245 1024 1.024
Marble 832 0.199 832 0.832
Mercury 126 0.030 126 0.126
Nitrogen 1040 0.248 1040 1.04
Oak Wood 2380 0.568 2380 2.38
Oxygen 919 0.219 919 0.919
Platinum 150 0.036 150 0.15
Plutonium 140 0.033 140 0.14
Quartzite 1100 0.263 1100 1.1
Rubber 2005 0.479 2005 2.005
Salt 881 0.210 881 0.881
Sand 780 0.186 780 0.78
Sandstone 740 0.177 740 0.74
Silicon 710 0.170 710 0.71
Silver 236 0.056 236 0.236
Soil 1810 0.432 1810 1.81
Stainless Steel 316 468 0.112 468 0.468
Steam 2094 0.500 2094 2.094
Sulfur 706 0.169 706 0.706
Thorium 118 0.028 118 0.118
Tin 226 0.054 226 0.226
Titanium 521 0.124 521 0.521
Tungsten 133 0.032 133 0.133
Uranium 115 0.027 115 0.115
Vandium 490 0.117 490 0.49
Water 4187 1.000 4187 4.187
Zinc 389 0.093 389 0.389

Specific heat capacity tables of common materials[/caption]

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12 COMMENTS

    • Just checked my engineering textbook, above freezing the specific heat of potatoes is 3.45 kJ/kg*K. This may not be for a dried powder, however.

  3. What about the specific heat per volume. H is high because it is light and U is low because it is heavy. But a cubic centimeter of water and cc of wood or copper would be more useful.

    • Dr Hu, just copy the table to the clipboard and paste into your favourite spreadsheet. Delete any substances that don’t interest you and create new columns for density and a calculated specific heat per unit volume. Easy peasy. And thanks Paul for saving me some work 🙂

  4. Dr Hu, just copy the table to the clipboard and paste into your favourite spreadsheet. Delete any substances that don’t interest you and create new columns for density and a calculated specific heat per unit volume. Easy peasy. And thanks Paul for saving me some work 🙂

    • Given that brass is an alloy, the specific heat of each composition of brass would be different. It depends on the ratio of Zinc, Copper and any other imperfections.

  7. Given that brass is an alloy, the specific heat of each composition of brass would be different. It depends on the ratio of Zinc, Copper and any other imperfections.

  8. Are you listing heat capacities at constant volume or at constant pressure? This is very important to specify!

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