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Temperature, density, specific heat, thermal conductivity, expansion coefficient, kinematic viscosity and Prandtl's number for temperatures ranging -150 - 400 oC
Sponsored Links Common properties for air are indicated the table below Specific heat capacity - cp (kJ/kg K) 1.026 1.009 1.005 1.005 1.005 1.005 1.009 1.009 1.009 1.013 1.013 1.017 1.022 1.026 1.034 1.047 1.055 1.068 Thermal conductivity -l (W/m K) 0.0116 0.0160 0.0204 0.0243 0.0257 0.0271 0.0285 0.0299 0.0314 0.0328 0.0343 0.0358 0.0372 0.0386 0.0421 0.0454 0.0485 0.0515 Kinematic viscosity -(m 2/s) x 10-6 3.08 5.95 9.55 13.30 15.11 16.97 18.90 20.94 23.06 25.23 27.55 29.85 32.29 34.63 41.17 47.85 55.05 62.53 Expansion coefficient -b(1/K) x 10-3 8.21 5.82 4.51 3.67 3.43 3.20 3.00 2.83 2.68 2.55 2.43 2.32 2.21 2.11 1.91 1.75 1.61 1.49

Temperature -t(oC) -150 -100 -50 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 250 300 350 400

Density -(kg/m 3) 2.793 1.980 1.534 1.293 1.205 1.127 1.067 1.000 0.946 0.898 0.854 0.815 0.779 0.746 0.675 0.616 0.566 0.524

Prandtl's number - Pr 0.76 0.74 0.725 0.715 0.713 0.711 0.709 0.708 0.703 0.70 0.695 0.69 0.69 0.685 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68

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