Specific Heat of Common Materials – Engineering Reference
Specific heat of products like wet mud, granite, sandy clay, quartz sand and more.
Specific Heat for some common products are given in the table below.
See also tabulated values for gases, food and foodstuff, metals and semimetals, common liquids and fluids and common solids, as well as values of molar specific heat for common organic substances and inorganic substances.
| Substance | Specific Heat - cp - (J/kg C°) |
|---|---|
| Acetals | 1460 |
| Air, dry (sea level) | 1005 |
| Agate | 800 |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 2440 |
| Alcohol, metyl wood) | 2530 |
| Aluminum | 897 |
| Aluminum bronze | 436 |
| Alumina, AL2O3 | 718 |
| Ammonia, liquid | 4700 |
| Ammonia, gas | 2060 |
| Antimony | 209 |
| Argon | 520 |
| Arsenic | 348 |
| Artificial wool | 1357 |
| Asbestos | 816 |
| Asphalt concrete (with aggregate) | 920 |
| Barium | 290 |
| Barytes | 460 |
| Beryllium | 1020 |
| Bismuth | 130 |
| Boiler scale | 800 |
| Bone | 440 |
| Boron | 960 |
| Boron nitride | 720 |
| Brass | 375 |
| Brick | 840 |
| Bronze | 370 |
| Brown iron ore | 670 |
| Cadmium | 234 |
| Calcium | 532 |
| Calsium silicate, CaSiO3 | 710 |
| Cellulose, cotton, wood pulp and regenerated | 1300 - 1500 |
| Cellulose acetate, molded | 1260 - 1800 |
| Cellulose acetate, sheet | 1260 - 2100 |
| Cellulose nitrate, Celluloid | 1300 - 1700 |
| Chalk | 750 |
| Charcoal | 840 |
| Chromium | 452 |
| Chrom oxide | 750 |
| Clay, sandy | 1381 |
| Cobalt | 435 |
| Coke | 840 |
| Concrete | 880 |
| Constantan | 410 |
| Copper | 385 |
| Cork | 2000 |
| Diamond (carbon) | 516 |
| Duralium | 920 |
| Emery | 960 |
| Epoxy cast resins | 1000 |
| Fire brick | 880 |
| Fluorspar CaF2 | 830 |
| Dichlorodifluoromethane R12, liquid | 871 |
| Dichlorodifluoromethane R12, vapor | 595 |
| Ice (0 oC) | 2093 |
| India rubber | 1250 |
| Glass, crown | 670 |
| Glass, pyrex | 753 |
| Glass-wool | 840 |
| Gold | 129 |
| Granite | 790 |
| Graphite (carbon) | 717 |
| Gypsum | 1090 |
| Helium | 5193 |
| Hydrogen | 14304 |
| Ice, snow (-5 oC) | 2090 |
| Ingot iron | 490 |
| Iodine | 218 |
| Iridium | 134 |
| Iron | 449 |
| Lead | 129 |
| Leather | 1500 |
| Limestone | 909 |
| Lithium | 3582 |
| Lucite | 1460 |
| Magnesia (Mangnesium oxide), MgO | 874 |
| Magnesium | 1050 |
| Magnesium alloy | 1010 |
| Manganese | 460 |
| Marble | 880 |
| Mercury | 140 |
| Mica | 880 |
| Molybdenum | 272 |
| Neon | 1030 |
| Nickel | 461 |
| Nitrogen | 1040 |
| Nylon-6 | 1600 |
| Nylon-66 | 1700 |
| Olive oil | 1790 |
| Osmium | 130 |
| Oxygen | 918 |
| Palladium | 240 |
| Paper | 1336 |
| Paraffin | 3260 |
| Peat | 1900 |
| Perlite | 387 |
| Phenolic cast resins | 1250 - 1670 |
| Phenol-formaldehyde molding compounds | 2500 - 6000 |
| Phosphorbonze | 360 |
| Phosphorus | 800 |
| Pinchbeck | 380 |
| Pit coal | 1020 |
| Platinium | 133 |
| Plutonium | 140 |
| Polycarbonates | 1170 - 1250 |
| Polyethylene terephthalate | 1250 |
| Polyimide aromatics | 1120 |
| Polyisoprene natural rubber | 1880 |
| Polyisoprene hard rubber | 1380 |
| Polymethylmethacrylate | 1500 |
|
Polypropylene |
1920 |
| Polystyrene | 1300 - 1500 |
| Polytetrafluoroethylene moulding compound | 1000 |
| Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) | 1172 |
| Polyurethane cast liquid | 1800 |
| Polyurethane elastomer | 1800 |
| Polyvinylchloride PVC | 840 - 1170 |
| Porcelain | 1085 |
| Potassium | 1000 |
| Potassium chloride | 680 |
| Pyroceram | 710 |
| Quartz, SiO2 | 730 |
| Quartz glass | 700 |
| Red metal | 381 |
| Rhenium | 140 |
| Rhodium | 240 |
| Rosin | 1300 |
| Rubidium | 330 |
| Salt, NaCl | 880 |
| Sand, quartz | 830 |
| Sandstone | 710 |
| Scandium | 568 |
| Selenium | 330 |
| Silicon | 705 |
| silicon carbide | 670 |
| Silver | 235 |
| Slate | 760 |
| Sodium | 1260 |
| Soil, dry | 800 |
| Soil, wet | 1480 |
| Soot | 840 |
| Snow | 2090 |
| Steatite | 830 |
| Steel | 490 |
| Sulfur, crystal | 700 |
| Tantalium | 138 |
| Tellurium | 201 |
| Thorium | 140 |
| Timber, alder | 1400 |
| Timber, ash | 1600 |
| Timber, birch | 1900 |
| Timber, larch | 1400 |
| Timber, maple | 1600 |
| Timber, oak | 2400 |
| Timber, pitchpine | 1300 |
| Timber, pockwood | 2500 |
| Timber, red beech | 1300 |
| Timber, red pine | 1500 |
| Timber, white pine | 1500 |
| Timber, walnut | 1400 |
| Tin | 228 |
| Titanium | 523 |
| Tungsten | 132 |
| Tungsten carbide | 171 |
| Uranium | 116 |
| Vanadium | 500 |
| Water, pure liquid (20 oC) | 4182 |
| Water, vapor (27 oC) | 1864 |
| Wet mud | 2512 |
| Wood | 1300 - 2400 |
| Zinc | 388 |
- 1 calorie = 4.186 joules = 0.001 Btu/lbm oF
- 1 cal/gram Co = 4186 J/kgoC
- 1 J/kg Co = 10-3 kJ/kg K = 10-3 J/g Co = 10-6 kJ/g Co= 2.389×10-4 Btu/lbmoF
For conversion of units, use the Specific heat online unit converter.
See also tabulated values for gases, food and foodstuff, metals and semimetals, common liquids and fluids and common solids, as well as values of molar specific heat for common organic substances and inorganic substances.
