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Thermal properties of water - density, freezing temperature, boiling temperature, latent heat of melting, latent heat of evaporation, critical temperature and more
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Some common used thermal properties for water:


Maximum density at 4 oC - 1,000 kg/m3, 1.940 slugs/ft3
Specific Weight at 4 oC - 9.807 kN/m3, 62.43 Lbs./Cu.Ft, 8.33 Lbs./Gal., 0.1337 Cu.Ft./Gal.
Freezing temperature - 0 oC (Official Ice at 0 oC)
Boiling temperature - 100 oC
Latent heat of melting - 334 kJ/kg
Latent heat of evaporation - 2,270 kJ/kg
Critical temperature - 380 oC - 386 oC
Critical pressure - 221.2 bar, 22.1 MPa (MN/m2)
Specific heat water - 4.187 kJ/kgK
Specific heat ice - 2.108 kJ/kgK
Specific heat water vapor - 1.996 kJ/kgK
Thermal expansion from 4 oC to 100 oC - 4.2x10 -2
Bulk modulus elasticity - 2.15 x 10 9 (Pa, N/m2)
Thermal properties of water:
Temperature
-t-

Absolute pressure
-p-

Density
--

Specific v olume
-v-

Specific Heat
- cp -

Specific entropy
-e-

(oC)

(kN/m2)

(kg/m3)

10 -3 (m3/kg)

(kJ/kgK)

(kJ/kgK)

1.00

4.210

0
(Ice)

916.8

0.01

0.6

999.8

4
(maximum density)

0.9

1000.0

0.9

1000.0

1.00

4.204

0.075

10

1.2

999.8

1.00

4.193

0.150

15

1.7

999.2

1.00

4.1855 1)

0.223

20

2.3

998.3

1.00

4.183

0.296

25

3.2

997.1

1.00

4.181

0.367

30

4.3

995.7

1.00

4.179

0.438

35

5.6

994.1

1.01

4.178

0.505

40

7.7

992.3

1.01

4.179

0.581

45

9.6

990.2

1.01

4.181

0.637

50

12.5

988

1.01

4.182

0.707

55

15.7

986

1.01

4.183

0.767

60

20.0

983

1.02

4.185

0.832

65

25.0

980

1.02

4.188

0.893

70

31.3

978

1.02

4.191

0.966

75

38.6

975

1.03

4.194

1.016

80

47.5

972

1.03

4.198

1.076

85

57.8

968

1.03

4.203

1.134

90

70.0

965

1.04

4.208

1.192

95

84.5

962

1.04

4.213

1.250

100

101.33

958

1.04

4.219

1.307

105

121

954

1.05

4.226

1.382

110

143

951

1.05

4.233

1.418

115

169

947

1.06

4.240

1.473

120

199

943

1.06

4.248

1.527

125

228

939

1.06

4.26

1.565

130

270

935

1.07

4.27

1.635

135

313

931

1.07

4.28

1.687

140

361

926

1.08

4.29

1.739

145

416

922

1.08

4.30

1.790

150

477

918

1.09

4.32

1.842

155

543

912

1.10

4.34

1.892

160

618

907

1.10

4.35

1.942

165

701

902

1.11

4.36

1.992

170

792

897

1.11

4.38

2.041

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175

890

893

1.12

4.39

2.090

180

1000

887

1.13

4.42

2.138

185

1120

882

1.13

4.45

2.187

190

1260

876

1.14

4.46

2.236

195

1400

870

1.15

200

1550

864

1.16

220

840

225

2550

1.20

4.65

814

250

3990

2.569

4.78

799

260

2.329

4.63

834

240

1)

2.282
4.51

125

4.87

784

2.797

4.98

275

5950

756

1.32

5.20

3.022

300

8600

714

1.40

5.65

3.256

325

12130

654

1.53

6.86

3.501

350

16540

575

1.74

10.1

3.781

360

18680

528

1.90

14.6

3.921

The International Committee for Weights and Measures, Paris, 1950, accepted W. J. de Haass recommended value of 4.1855 J/gC for the specific heat capacity of water at 15 C.
1 kg/m3 = 0.001 g/cm3 = 0.0005780 oz/in 3 = 0.16036 oz/gal (Imperial) = 0.1335 oz/gal (U.S.) = 0.0624 lb/ft3 = 0.000036127 lb/in 3 = 1.6856 lb/yd 3 = 0.010022 lb/gal (Imperial) = 0.008345 lb/gal (U.S) =
0.0007525 ton/yd 3
1 N/m2 = 1 Pa = 1.4504x10 -4 lb/in 2 = 1x10 -5 bar = 4.03x10 -3 in water = 0.336x10 -3 ft water = 0.1024 mm water = 0.295x10 -3 in mercury = 7.55x10 -3 mm mercury = 0.1024 kg/m2 = 0.993x10 -5 atm
1 m3/kg = 16.02 ft3/lb m = 27680 in 3/lb m = 119.8 US gal/lb m = 1000 liter/kg
1 kJ/(kg K) = 0.2389 kcal/(kg oC) = 0.2389 Btu/(lb m oF)

Temperature
-t-

Absolute pressure
-p-

Dynamic viscosity
--

Kinematic
viscosity
--

Expansion
coefficient

Specific enthalpy
(kJ/kg)

(oC)

(kN/m2)

(Centipoise)

10 -6 (m2/s)

10 -3 (1/K)

0.01

0.6

1.78

1.792

-0.07

0.9

1.52

0.160

21.0

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10

1.2

1.31

15

1.7

1.14

20

2.3

1.00

25

3.2

0.890

30

4.3

0.798

35

5.6

0.719

40

7.7

0.653

45

9.6

0.596

50

12.5

0.547

55

15.7

0.504

60

20.0

0.467

65

25.0

0.434

70

31.3

0.404

75

38.6

0.378

80

47.5

0.355

85

57.8

0.334

90

70.0

0.314

95

84.5

0.297

100

101.33

0.281

105

121

0.267

440.2

110

143

0.253

461.3

115

169

0.241

120

199

0.230

125

228

0.221

524.3

130

270

0.212

546.3

135

313

0.204

140

361

0.196

145

416

0.190

610.0

150

477

0.185

631.8

155

543

0.180

160

618

0.174

165

701

0.169

697.3

170

792

0.163

718.1

175

890

0.158

180

1000

0.153

185

1120

0.149

785.3

190

1260

0.145

807.5

195

1400

0.141

200

1550

0.138

220
225

1.004
0.801
0.658
0.553
0.474
0.413
0.365
0.326
0.295

0.088

41.9

0.151

62.9

0.207

83.8

0.257

104.8

0.303

125.7

0.345

146.7

0.385

167.6

0.420

188.6

0.457

209.6

0.486

230.5

0.523

251.5

0.544

272.4

0.585

293.4

0.596

314.3

0.643

335.3

0.644

356.2

0.665

377.2

0.687

398.1

0.752

419.1

0.860

503.7

0.975

588.7

1.098

674.5

1.233

763.1

1.392

0.149

1.597

851.7

2.56
2.23
1.96
1.75

1.45

1.25

1.09

0.98

0.92
0.88

0.0972

1211

300

8600

0.0897

1345

325

12130

0.0790

1494

350

16540

0.0648

1672

360

18680

0.0582

1764

1.862

0.87
1087

0.137

ft2/s=

2.99

966.8
0.142

10 6

3.56

829.9
0.158

5950

10 4

4.34

739.8
0.170

0.110

275

5.43

653.8
0.189

3990

260

7.01

567.7
0.215

0.121

250

9.47

482.5
0.249

2550

240

m2/s

1.304

2.21

0.87

ft2/h

1
=
St =
cSt = 10.764
38750
1 J/kg = 4.299x10 -4 Btu/lb m = 2.388x10 -4 kcal/kg

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