Solids - Specific Heat Capacities

A comprehensive list of some common solids as brick, cement, glass and many more - and their specific heat capacities - imperial and SI units

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Specific heat capacity of some common solids can be found in the table below:

Product	Specific Heat Capacity - c_p -
Product	(Btu/lb_m^oF) (kcal/kg^oC)	(kJ/kg K)
Aluminum, 0^oC	0.21	0.87
Antimony	0.05	0.21
Apatite	0.2	0.84
Asbestos cement board	0.2	0.84
Asbestos mill board	0.2	0.84
Ashes	0.2	0.84
Asphalt	0.22	0.92
Augite	0.19	0.8
Bakelite. wood filler	0.33	1.38
Bakelite. asbestos filler	0.38	1.59
Barite	0.11	0.46
Barium	0.07	0.29
Basalt rock	0.2	0.84
Beeswax	0.82	3.4
Beryl	0.2	0.84
Bismuth	0.03	0.13
Bone	0.11	0.44
Borax	0.24	1
Boron	0.31	1.3
Brass	0.09	0.38
Brick, common	0.22	0.9
Brick, hard	0.24	1
Cadmium	0.06	0.25
Calcite 32 - 100F	0.19	0.8
Calcite 32 - 212F	0.2	0.84
Calcium	0.15	0.63
Carbon, Diamond	0.12	0.52
Carbon, Graphite	0.17	0.71
Carborundum	0.16	0.67
Cassiterite	0.09	0.38
Cement dry	0.37	1.55
Cement powder	0.2	0.84
Charcoal	0.24	1
Chalk	0.22	0.9
Chalcopyrite	0.13	0.54
Charcoal, wood	0.24	1
Chromium	0.12	0.5
Clay	0.22	0.92
Coal, anthracite	0.3	1.26
Coal, bituminous	0.33	1.38
Cobalt	0.11	0.46
Coke	0.2	0.85
Concrete, stone	0.18	0.75
Concrete, light	0.23	0.96
Copper	0.09	0.39
Corkboard	0.45	1.9
Corundum	0.1	0.42
Diamond	0.15	0.63
Dolomite rock	0.22	0.92
Earth, dry	0.3	1.26
Fiberboard, light	0.6	2.5
Fiber hardboard	0.5	2.1
Firebrick	0.25	1.05
Fluorite	0.22	0.92
Fluorspar	0.21	0.88
Galena	0.05	0.21
Garnet	0.18	0.75
Glass	0.2	0.84
Glass, crystal	0.12	0.5
Glass, plate	0.12	0.5
Glass, Pyrex	0.18	0.75
Glass, window	0.2	0.84
Glass, wool	0.16	0.67
Gold	0.03	0.13
Granite	0.19	0.79
Graphite	0.17	0.71
Gypsum	0.26	1.09
Hairfelt	0.5	2.1
Hermatite	0.16	0.67
Hornblende	0.2	0.84
Hypersthene	0.19	0.8
Ice -112^oF	0.35	1.47
Ice -40^oF	0.43	1.8
Ice -4^oF	0.47	1.97
Ice 32^oF (0^oC)	0.49	2.09
India rubber min	0.27	1.13
India rubber max	0.98	4.1
Iridium	0.03	0.13
Iron, 20^oC	0.11	0.46
Labradorite	0.19	0.8
Lava	0.2	0.84
Limestone	0.2	0.84
Lead	0.03	0.13
Leather, dry	0.36	1.5
Lithium	0.86	3.58
Magnetite	0.16	0.67
Malachite	0.18	0.75
Manganese	0.11	0.46
Magnesia (85%)	0.2	0.84
Marble	0.21	0.88
Mercury	0.03	0.14
Mica	0.12	0.5
Mineral wool blanket	0.2	0.84
Oliglocose	0.21	0.88
Orthoclose	0.19	0.8
Paper	0.33	1.4
Paraffin wax	0.7	2.9
Peat	0.45	1.88
Plaster, light	0.24	1
Plaster, sand	0.22	0.9
Plastics, foam	0.3	1.3
Plastics, solid	0.4	1.67
Platinum, 0^oC	0.032	0.13
Porcelain	0.26	1.07
Potassium	0.13	0.54
Pyrex glass	0.2	0.84
Pyrolusite	0.16	0.67
Pyroxylin plastics	0.36	1.51
Quartz mineral 55 - 212^oF	0.19	0.8
Quartz mineral 32^oF (0^oC)	0.17	0.71
Rock salt	0.22	0.92
Rubber	0.48	2.01
Salt	0.21	0.88
Sand	0.19	0.8
Sandstone	0.22	0.92
Sawdust	0.21	0.9
Serpentine	0.26	1.09
Silica aerogel	0.2	0.84
Silk	0.33	1.38
Silver, 20^oC	0.056	0.23
Sodium	0.3	1.26
Soil, dry	0.19	0.80
Soil, wet	0.35	1.48
Stone	0.2	0.84
Stoneware	0.19	0.8
Sulphur	0.17	0.71
Tar	0.35	1.47
Tellurium	0.05	0.21
Tile hollow	0.15	0.63
Topaz	0.21	0.88
Tungsten	0.04	0.17
Vanadium	0.12	0.5
Vermiculite	0.2	0.84
Vulcanite	0.33	1.38
Wood, balsa	0.7	2.9
Wood, oak	0.48	2
Wood, white pine	0.6	2.5
Wool, loose	0.3	1.26
Wool, felt	0.33	1.38

1 Btu/lb_m^oF = 4186.8 J/kg K = 1 kcal/kg^oC
T (^oC) = 5/9[T (^oF) - 32]
T (^oF) = [T (^oC)](9/5) + 32

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