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PROPERTY TABLES AND CHARTS

TABLE A1E
Molar mass, gas constant, and critical-point properties
Gas constant, R
Btu/
lbm?R*

psia?ft3/

Substance

Molar
mass, M
Formula lbm/lbmol

Air
Ammonia
Argon
Benzene
Bromine
n-Butane
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorine
Chloroform
Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12)
Dichlorofluoromethane (R-21)
Ethane
Ethyl alcohol
Ethylene
Helium
n-Hexane
Hydrogen (normal)
Krypton
Methane
Methyl alcohol
Methyl chloride
Neon
Nitrogen
Nitrous oxide
Oxygen
Propane
Propylene
Sulfur dioxide
Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a)
Trichlorofluoromethane (R-11)
Water
Xenon

28.97
NH3
17.03
Ar
39.948
C6H6
78.115
Br2
159.808
C4H10
58.124
CO2
44.01
CO
28.011
CCl4
153.82
Cl2
70.906
CHCl3
119.38
CCl2F2 120.91
CHCl2F 102.92
C2H6
30.020
C2H5OH 46.07
C2H4
28.054
He
4.003
C6H14
86.178
H2
2.016
Kr
83.80
CH4
16.043
CH3OH
32.042
CH3Cl
50.488
Ne
20.183
N2
28.013
N2O
44.013
O2
31.999
C3H8
44.097
C3H6
42.081
SO2
64.063
CF3CH2F 102.03
CCl3F
137.37
H2O
18.015
Xe
131.30

0.06855
0.1166
0.04971
0.02542
0.01243
0.03417
0.04513
0.07090
0.01291
0.02801
0.01664
0.01643
0.01930
0.06616
0.04311
0.07079
0.4961
0.02305
0.9851
0.02370
0.1238
0.06198
0.03934
0.09840
0.07090
0.04512
0.06206
0.04504
0.04719
0.03100
0.01946
0.01446
0.1102
0.01513

0.3704
0.6301
0.2686
0.1374
0.06714
0.1846
0.2438
0.3831
0.06976
0.1517
0.08988
0.08874
0.1043
0.3574
0.2329
0.3825
2.6809
0.1245
5.3224
0.1280
0.6688
0.3349
0.2125
0.5316
0.3830
0.2438
0.3353
0.2433
0.2550
1.1675
0.1052
0.07811
0.5956
0.08172

lbm?R*

Critical-point properties
Temperature,
R
238.5
729.8
272
1012
1052
765.2
547.5
240
1001.5
751
965.8
692.4
813.0
549.8
929.0
508.3
9.5
914.2
59.9
376.9
343.9
923.7
749.3
80.1
227.1
557.4
278.6
665.9
656.9
775.2
673.6
848.1
1164.8
521.55

Pressure,
psia

Volume,
ft3/lbmol

547
1636
705
714
1500
551
1071
507
661
1120
794
582
749
708
926
742
33.2
439
188.1
798
673
1154
968
395
492
1054
736
617
670
1143
588.7
635
3200
852

1.41
1.16
1.20
4.17
2.17
4.08
1.51
1.49
4.42
1.99
3.85
3.49
3.16
2.37
2.68
1.99
0.926
5.89
1.04
1.48
1.59
1.89
2.29
0.668
1.44
1.54
1.25
3.20
2.90
1.95
3.19
3.97
0.90
1.90

*Calculated from R 5 Ru /M, where Ru 5 1.98588 Btu/lbmol?R 5 10.7316 psia?ft3/lbmol?R and M is the molar mass.
Source of Data: K. A. Kobe and R. E. Lynn, Jr., Chemical Review 52 (1953), pp. 117236, and ASHRAE, Handbook of Fundamentals (Atlanta, GA: American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1993), pp. 16.4 and 36.1.