Metals - Specific Heat Capacities

A comprehensive list of common metals as aluminum, iron, mercury and many more - and their specific heat capacities - imperial and SI units

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The specific heat capacity of common metals can be found in the table below:

Metal Specific Heat Capacity - cp
(kJ/kg K) (kcal/kgoC) (Btu/lbmoF)
Aluminum 0.91 0.22 0.22
Antimony 0.21 0.05 0.05
Beryllium 1.83 0.436 0.436
Bismuth 0.13 0.03 0.03
Cadmium 0.23 0.055 0.055
Carbon Steel 0.49 0.12 0.12
Cast Iron 0.46 0.11 0.11
Chromium 0.46 0.11 0.11
Cobalt 0.42 0.1 0.1
Copper 0.39 0.092 0.09
Gold 0.13 0.031 0.03
Iridium 0.13 0.031 0.31
Iron 0.46 0.108 0.11
Lead 0.13 0.031 0.03
Magnesium 1.05 0.243 0.25
Manganese 0.48 0.114 0.114
Mercury 0.14 0.033 0.03
Molybdenum 0.25 0.06 0.06
Nickel 0.54 0.106 0.13
Niobium (Columbium) 0.27 0.064 0.064
Osmium 0.13 0.031 0.031
Platinum 0.13 0.032 0.03
Plutonium 0.13 0.032 0.032
Potassium 0.75 0.180 0.180
Rhodium 0.24 0.058 0.058
Selenium 0.32 0.077 0.077
Silicon 0.71 0.17 0.17
Silver 0.23 0.057 0.057
Sodium 1.21 0.29 0.29
Tantalum 0.14 0.034 0.34
Thorium 0.13 0.03 0.03
Tin 0.21 0.054 0.05
Titanium 0.54 0.125 0.13
Tungsten 0.13 0.032 0.03
Uranium 0.12 0.028 0.028
Vanadium 0.39 0.116 0.116
Zinc 0.39 0.093 0.09
Wrought Iron 0.50 0.12 0.12

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