Table 1830. Specific heat capacities of solids unless otherwise noted
.
Substance |
Isobaric mass heat capacity (CP, J·g−1·K−1) |
Isobaric molar heat capacity (CP,m, J·mol−1·K−1) |
Isochore molar heat capacity
(CV,m, J·mol−1·K−1) |
Isobaric volumetric heat capacity (CP,v, J·cm−3·K−1) |
Isochore atom-molar heat capacity in units of R* (CV,am, atom-mol−1) |
Air |
1.0035 (gas at 0 °C) |
29.07 (gas at 0 °C) |
20.7643 (gas at 0 °C) |
0.001297 (gas at 0 °C) |
~ 1.25 R (gas at 0 °C) |
Aluminium |
0.897 (at 25 °C) |
24.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.422 (at 25 °C) |
2.91 R (at 25 °C) |
AlN |
|
|
30.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Al2O3 |
|
|
78.8 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Ammonia |
4.700 (liquid at °C) |
80.08 (liquid at °C) |
|
3.263 (liquid at °C) |
3.21 R (liquid at °C) |
Animal tissue |
3.5 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
3.7 (at 25 °C) |
|
Antimony |
0.204~0.213 at 25°C to 100°C |
25.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.386 (at 25 °C) |
3.03 R (at 25 °C) |
Argon |
0.5203 (gas at 25 °C) |
20.7862 (gas at 25 °C) |
12.4717 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.50 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Arsenic |
0.328 (at 25 °C) |
24.6 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.878 (at 25 °C) |
2.96 R (at 25 °C) |
Asphalt |
0.920 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Beryllium |
1.82 (at 25 °C) |
16.4 (at 25 °C) |
|
3.367 (at 25 °C) |
1.97 R (at 25 °C) |
Bismuth (Bi) |
0.121~0.129 at 25°C to 100°C |
25.7 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.20 (at 25 °C) |
3.09 R (at 25 °C) |
BN |
|
|
19.6 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Brick |
0.840 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Cadmium |
0.231 (at 25 °C) |
26.02 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
3.13 R (at 25 °C) |
Carbon (C) |
|
|
13.0 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
0.839 (gas at 25 °C) |
36.94 (gas at 25 °C) |
28.46 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.14 R (gas at 25 °C) |
CeO2 |
|
|
61.52 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Cerium (Ce) |
0.162 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Cesium (Cs) |
|
|
32.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Chromium |
0.449 (at 25 °C) |
23.35 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
2.81 R (at 25 °C) |
Cr2O3 |
|
|
104.5 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
|
Concrete |
0.880 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Copper |
0.385 (at 25 °C) |
24.47 (at 25 °C) |
|
3.45 (at 25 °C) |
2.94 R (at 25 °C) |
Diamond |
0.5091 (at 25 °C) |
6.115 (at 25 °C) |
6.1 (at 25 °C) |
1.782 (at 25 °C) |
0.74 R (at 25 °C) |
Dysprosium (Dy) |
0.171 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Erbium (Er) |
0.168 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Ethanol |
2.44 (liquid at 25 °C) |
112 (liquid at 25 °C) |
|
1.925 (liquid at 25 °C) |
1.50 R (liquid at 25 °C) |
Europium (Eu) |
0.182 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Gasoline |
2.22 (liquid at 25 °C) |
228 (liquid at 25 °C) |
|
1.64 (liquid at 25 °C) |
1.05 R (liquid at 25 °C) |
Germanium (Ge) |
|
|
23.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
GeSbTe (GST) |
|
|
|
0.7044 (at 25 °C) |
|
Glass |
0.84 (at 25 °C); 0.840 (silica at 25 °C); 0.670 (crown at 25 °C); 0.503 (flint at 25 °C); 0.753 (pyrex at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Gold (Au) |
0.126~0.130 at 25°C to 100°C |
25.42 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.492 (at 25 °C) |
3.05 R (at 25 °C) |
Granite |
0.790 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
2.17 (at 25 °C) |
|
Graphite |
0.710 (at 25 °C) |
8.53 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.534 (at 25 °C) |
1.03 R (at 25 °C) |
Gypsum |
1.090 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Hafnium (Hf) |
0.144~0.148 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Helium |
5.1932 (gas at 25 °C) |
20.7862 (gas at 25 °C) |
12.4717 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.50 R (gas at 25 °C) |
HfO2 |
|
|
60.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Holmium (Ho) |
0.165 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Hydrogen |
14.30 (gas at 25 °C) |
28.82 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
|
1.23 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) |
1.015 (gas at 25 °C) |
34.60 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
|
1.05 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Iridium (Ir) |
0.130~0.132 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Iron |
0.450 (at 25 °C) |
25.09 (at 25 °C) |
|
3.537 (at 25 °C) |
3.02 R (at 25 °C) |
La2O3 |
|
|
108.8 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Lanthanum (La) |
0.195 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Lead (Pb) |
0.112~0.133 at 25°C to 100°C |
26.4 (at 25 °C) |
26.7 (at 25 °C) |
1.44 (at 25 °C) |
3.18 R (at 25 °C) |
Low alloyed lead |
0.129~0.134 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
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|
Lead antimony alloys |
0.130~0.159 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Lead tin alloys |
0.213~0.239 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Lithium |
3.58 (at 25 °C); 4.379 (liquid 181 °C) |
24.8 (at 25 °C); 30.33 (liquid 181 °C) |
24.9 (at 25 °C) |
1.912 (at 25 °C); 2.242 (liquid 181 °C) |
2.98 R (at 25 °C); 3.65 R (liquid 181 °C) |
Lutetium (Lu) |
0.150 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Magnesium |
1.02 (at 25 °C) |
24.9 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.773 (at 25 °C) |
2.99 R (at 25 °C) |
Marble |
0.880 (mica at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Mercury (Hg) |
0.104~0.140 (liquid at 25°C to 100°C) |
27.98 (liquid at 25 °C) |
|
1.888 (liquid at 25 °C) |
3.36 R (liquid at 25 °C) |
Methane |
2.191 (liquid at 2 °C) |
35.69 (liquid at 2 °C) |
|
|
|
Methanol |
2.14 (liquid at 25 °C) |
68.62 (liquid at 25 °C) |
|
|
1.38 R (liquid at 25 °C) |
MgO |
|
|
37.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Mischmetal |
0.193~0.195 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Molten salt |
1.56 (liquid at 142-540 °C) |
|
|
2.62 (liquid at 142-540 °C) |
|
Nb2O5 |
|
|
132.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Neodymium (Nd) |
0.190 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Nitrogen |
1.040 (gas at 25 °C) |
29.12 (gas at 25 °C) |
20.8 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.25 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Neon |
1.0301 (gas at 25 °C) |
20.7862 (gas at 25 °C) |
12.4717 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.50 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Osmium (Os) |
0.130~0.131 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Oxygen |
0.918 (gas at 25 °C) |
29.38 (gas at 25 °C) |
21.0 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
1.26 R (gas at 25 °C) |
Paraffin wax (C25H52) |
2.5 (at 25 °C) |
900 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.325 (at 25 °C) |
1.41 R (at 25 °C) |
Platinum (Pt) |
0.136 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Plutonium (Pu) |
0.131~0.159 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Polyethylene
(rotomolding grade) |
2.3027 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Potassium (K) |
|
|
29.6 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Praseodymium (Pr) |
0.195 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Promethium (Pm) |
0.188 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Rhenium (Re) |
0.137~0.140 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Rubidium (Rb) |
|
|
31.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Samarium (Sm) |
0.196 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Sand |
0.835 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Silica (fused) |
0.703 (at 25 °C) |
42.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
1.547 (at 25 °C) |
1.69 R (at 25 °C) |
Silver |
0.233 (at 25 °C) |
24.9 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.44 (at 25 °C) |
2.99 R (at 25 °C) |
Silicon (Si) |
|
|
19.8 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Si3N4 |
|
|
99.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
SiO2 |
|
|
44.6 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Sodium |
1.230 (at 25 °C) |
28.23 (at 25 °C) |
28.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
3.39 R (at 25 °C) |
Soil |
0.800 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Steel |
0.466 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
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Sulphur Hexafluoride |
0.664 (gas at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Ta2O5 |
|
|
134.8 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Tantalum (Ta) |
0.147 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Tantalum alloys |
0.092~0.142 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
|
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Tellurium (Te) |
0.201 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
|
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Terbium (Tb) |
0.182 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
|
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Thallium (Tl) |
0.130~0.150 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
|
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Thorium (Th) |
0.113~0.117 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
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Thulium (Tm) |
0.160 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
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Tin (Sn) |
0.205~0.247 at 25°C to 100°C |
27.112 (at 25 °C) |
27.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
3.26 R (at 25 °C) |
Tin lead alloys |
0.150~0.239 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
Tin silver alloys |
0.219 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
|
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Titanium |
0.523 (at 25 °C) |
26.060 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
3.13 R (at 25 °C) |
TiO2 |
|
|
55.1 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Tungsten (W) |
0.134~0.142 at 25°C to 100°C |
24.8 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.58 (at 25 °C) |
2.98 R (at 25 °C) |
Tungsten alloys |
0.134~0.151 at 25°C to 100°C |
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|
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Uranium |
0.116~0.117 at 25°C to 100°C |
27.7 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.216 (at 25 °C) |
3.33 R (at 25 °C) |
Uranium alloys |
0.111~0.167 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
|
V2O5 |
|
|
127.3 (at 25 °C) |
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|
Water |
2.080 (gas at 100 °C); 4.1813 (liquid at 25 °C); 4.1813 (liquid at 100 °C); 2.11 (ice at −10 °C) |
37.47 (gas at 100 °C); 75.327 (liquid at 25 °C); 75.327 (liquid at 100 °C); 38.09 (ice at −10 °C) |
28.03 (gas at 100 °C); 74.53 (liquid at 25 °C); 74.53 (liquid at 100 °C) |
4.1796 (liquid at 25 °C); 4.2160 (liquid at 100 °C); 1.938 (ice at −10 °C) |
1.12 R (gas at 100 °C); 3.02 R (liquid at 25 °C); 3.02 R (liquid at 100 °C); 1.53 R (ice at −10 °C) |
Wood |
1.2 to 2.3 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
|
|
Y2O3 |
|
|
102.9 (at 25 °C) |
|
|
Ytterbium (Yb) |
0.154 at 25°C to 100°C |
|
|
|
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Zinc |
0.387 (at 25 °C) |
25.2 (at 25 °C) |
|
2.76 (at 25 °C) |
3.03 R (at 25 °C) |
ZrO2 |
|
|
56.0 (at 25 °C) |
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* R = NAk. Here, NA is Avogadro's constant (=6.02214129 × 1023 mol-1). |