Specific Heat of some common Substances

Specific heat of wet mud, granite, sandy clay, quartz sand and more

Substance Specific Heat
- cp -
(cal/gramoC) (J/kgoC)
Air, dry (sea level) 0.24 1005
Asphalt 0.22 920
Bone 0.11 440
Ice (0oC) 0.50 2093
Granite 0.19 790
Sandy clay 0.33 1381
Quartz sand 0.19 830
Water, pure 1.00 4186
Wet mud 0.60 2512
Wood 0.41 1700
  • 1 calorie = 4.186 joules = 0.001 Btu/lbmoF
  • 1 cal/gramoC = 4186 J/kgo

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