Solids - Specific Heats

Common solids - like brick, cement, glass and many more - and their specific heats - in Imperial and SI units.

The specific heat of some commonly used solids is given in the table below.

For conversion of units, use the Specific heat online unit converter.

See also tabulated values of specific heat of gases, food and foodstuff, metals and semimetals, common liquids and fluids and other common substances as well as values of molar heat capacity of common organic substances and inorganic substances.

Solids - Specific Heats
Product	Specific Heat - c_p-
Product	(Btu/(lb_m^oF)) (kcal/(kg ^oC))	(kJ/kgK)
Agate	0.19	0.80
Aluminum bronze	0.10	0.44
Aluminum, 0 ^oC	0.21	0.87
Antimony	0.05	0.21
Apatite	0.2	0.84
Arsenic	0.083	0.35
Artificial wool	0.32	1.36
Asbestos cement board	0.2	0.84
Asbestos mill board	0.2	0.84
Ashes	0.2	0.84
Asphalt concrete (with aggregate)	0.22	0.92
Augite	0.19	0.80
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	3.40
Beryl	0.2	0.84
Beryllium	0.24	1.02
Bismuth	0.03	0.13
Boile scale	0.19	0.80
Bone	0.11	0.44
Borax	0.24	1.0
Boron	0.31	1.3
Brass	0.09	0.38
Brick, common	0.22	0.9
Brick, hard	0.24	1
Bronze, phosphor	0.09	0.38
Cadmium	0.06	0.25
Calcite 32 - 100F	0.19	0.8
Calcite 32 - 212F	0.2	0.84
Calcium	0.15	0.63
Calcium carbonat	0.18	0.76
Calcium sulfate	0.27	1.1
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
Cellulose	0.37	1.6
Celluloid	0.36	1.5
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
Constantan	0.098	0.41
Copper	0.09	0.39
Cork, Corkboard	0.45	1.9
Corundum	0.1	0.42
Cotton	0.32	1.34
Diamond	0.15	0.63
Dolomite rock	0.22	0.92
Duralium	0.22	0.92
Earth, dry	0.3	1.26
Electron	0.24	1.00
Emery	0.23	0.96
Fats	0.46	1.93
Fiberboard, light	0.6	2.5
Fiber hardboard	0.5	2.1
Fire brick	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 -111 ^oF	0.35	1.47
Ice -40 ^oF	0.43	1.8
Ice -4 ^oF	0.47	1.97
Ice 31 ^oF (0 ^oC)	0.49	2.09
India rubber min	0.27	1.13
India rubber max	0.98	4.1
Ingot iron	0.12	0.49
Iodine	0.052	0.218
Iridium	0.03	0.13
Iron, 20 ^oC	0.11	0.46
Labradorite	0.19	0.8
Lava	0.2	0.84
Limestone	0.217	0.91
Litharge	0.21	0.88
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
Magnesium	0.25	1.05
Marble, mica	0.21	0.88
Mercury	0.03	0.14
Mica	0.12	0.5
Mineral wool blanket	0.2	0.84
Molybdenum	0.065	0.27
Nickel	0.11	0.46
Oliglocose	0.21	0.88
Orthoclose	0.19	0.8
Osmium	0.03	0.13
Oxide of chrome	0.18	0.75
Paper	0.33	1.34
Paraffin wax	0.7	2.9
Peat	0.45	1.88
Phosphorbronze	0.086	0.36
Phosphorus	0.19	0.80
Pig iron, white	0.13	0.54
Pinchbeck	0.09	0.38
Pit coal	0.24	1.02
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 - 211 ^oF	0.19	0.8
Quartz mineral 31 ^oF (0 ^oC)	0.17	0.71
Red lead	0.022	0.09
Red metal	0.09	0.38
Rhenium	0.033	0.14
Rhodium	0.057	0.24
Rock salt	0.22	0.92
Rosin	0.31	1.30
Rubber	0.48	2.01
Rubidium	0.079	0.33
Salt	0.21	0.88
Sand, dry	0.19	0.80
Sandstone	0.22	0.92
Sawdust	0.21	0.9
Selenium	0.078	0.33
Serpentine	0.26	1.09
Silica aerogel	0.2	0.84
Silicon	0.18	0.75
Silicon, carbide	0.16	0.67
Silk	0.33	1.38
Silver, 20 ^oC	0.056	0.23
Slate	0.18	0.76
Sodium	0.3	1.26
Soil, dry	0.19	0.80
Soil, wet	0.35	1.48
Steatite	0.2	0.83
Steel	0.12	0.49
Stone	0.2	0.84
Stoneware	0.19	0.8
Sulphur, sulfur	0.17	0.71
Tantalium	0.033	0.14
Tar	0.35	1.47
Tellurium	0.05	0.21
Thorium	0.033	0.14
Tile hollow	0.15	0.63
Timber, see wood
Tin	0.057	0.24
Titanium	0.11	0.47
Topaz	0.21	0.88
Tungsten	0.03	0.134
Uranium	0.028	0.12
Vanadium	0.12	0.5
Vermiculite	0.2	0.84
Vulcanite	0.33	1.38
Wax	0.82	3.43
Welding iron	0.12	0.52
White metal	0.035	0.15
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
Zinc	0.09	0.38