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Specific Heat of Solids Liquids and Other Materials

Specific Heat of Solids, Liquids and Other Materials

Specific heat is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree Celsius. It plays a crucial role in understanding how different materials respond to heating and cooling and describes their ability to store and release thermal energy.

Mean values between 32 and 212°F; Btu/(lb · °F)

Solids
Alloys:
Bismuth-tin	0.040 – 0.045
Bell metal	0.086
Brass, yellow	0.0883
Brass, red	0.090
Bronze	0.104
Constantan	0.098
German silver	0.095
Lipowits’s metal	0.040
Nickel steel	0.109
Rose’s metal	0.050
Solders (Pb and Sn)	0.040 – 0.045
Type metal	0.0388
Wood’s metal	0.040
40 Pb + 60 Bi	0.0317
25 Pb + 75 Bi	0.030
Asbestos	0.20
Ashes	0.20
Bakelite	0.3 – 0.4
Basalt (lava)	0.20
Borax	0.229
Brick	0.22
Carbon-coke	0.203
Chalk	0.215
Charcoal	0.20
Cinders	0.18
Coal	0.3
Concrete	0.156
Cork	0.485
Corundum	0.198
Dolomite	0.222
Ebonite	0.33
Glass:
Normal	0.199
Crown	0.16
Flint	0.12
Granite	0.195
Graphite	0.201
Gypsum	0.259
Hornblende	0.195
Humus (soil)	0.44
Ice:
- 4°F	0.465
32°F	0.487
India rubber (Para)	0.27 – 0.48
Kaolin	0.224
Limestone	0.217
Marble	0.210
Oxides:
Alumina (Al3O2)	0.183
Cu2O	0.111
Lead oxide (PbO)	0.055
Lodestone	0.156
Magnesia	0.222
Magnetite (Fe3O4)	0.168
Silica	0.191
Soda	0.231
Zinc oxide (ZnO)	0.125
Paraffin wax	0.69
Porcelain	0.22
Quarts	0.17 – 0.28
Quicklime	0.21
Malt, rock	0.21
Sand	0.195
Sandstone	0.22
Serpentine	0.25
Sulfur	0.180
Talc	0.209
Tufa	0.33
Vulcanite	0.331

 

Wood:
Fir	0.65
Oak	0.57
Pine	0.67
Liquids
Acetic acid	0.51
Acetone	0.544
Alcohol (absolute)	0.58
Aniline	0.49
Bensol	0.40
Chloroform	0.23
Ether	0.54
Ethyl acetate	0.478
Ethylene glycol	0.602
Fusel oil	0.56
Gasoline	0.50
Glycerin	0.58
Hydrochloric acid	0.60
Kerosene	0.50
Naphthalene	0.31
Machine oil	0.40
Mercury	0.033
Olive oil	0.40
Paraffin oil	0.52
Petroleum	0.50
Sulfuric acid	0.336
Sea water	0.94
Toluene	0.40
Turpentine	0.42
Molten metals:
Bismuth (535 – 725°F)	0.036
Lead (590 – 680°F)	0.041
Sulfur (246 – 297°F)	0.235
Tin (460 – 660°F)	0.058

Source

International Critical Tables,’’ McGraw-Hill. ‘‘Smithsonian Physical Tables,’’ Smithsonian Institution. Landolt, ‘‘Landolt-B¨ornstein, Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik, Chemie, Astronomie, Geophysik und Technik,’’ Springer. ‘‘Handbook of Chemistry and Physics,’’ Chemical Rubber Co.‘‘Book of ASTM Standards,’’ ASTM. ‘‘

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