D

PROPERTIES OF GASES

DRY AIR AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

gβ Ra
= 3 H
T ρ cP µ ν k α αν H %T
( C) (kg/m ) (kJ/kg · K) (kg/s · m) (cm /s) (W/m · K) (cm2 /s) Pr
◦ 3 2 (cm−3 · K−1 )

−180 3.72 1.035 6.50 × 10−6 0.0175 0.0076 0.019 0.92 3.2 × 104
−100 2.04 1.010 1.16 × 10−5 0.057 0.016 0.076 0.75 1.3 × 103
−50 1.582 1.006 1.45 × 10−5 0.092 0.020 0.130 0.72 367
0 1.293 1.006 1.71 × 10−5 0.132 0.024 0.184 0.72 148
10 1.247 1.006 1.76 × 10−5 0.141 0.025 0.196 0.72 125
20 1.205 1.006 1.81 × 10−5 0.150 0.025 0.208 0.72 107
30 1.165 1.006 1.86 × 10−5 0.160 0.026 0.223 0.72 90.7
60 1.060 1.008 2.00 × 10−5 0.188 0.028 0.274 0.70 57.1
100 0.946 1.011 2.18 × 10−5 0.230 0.032 0.328 0.70 34.8
200 0.746 1.025 2.58 × 10−5 0.346 0.039 0.519 0.68 9.53
300 0.616 1.045 2.95 × 10−5 0.481 0.045 0.717 0.68 4.96
500 0.456 1.093 3.58 × 10−5 0.785 0.056 1.140 0.70 1.42
1000 0.277 1.185 4.82 × 10−5 1.745 0.076 2.424 0.72 0.18
Source: Data collected from Refs. 1–3.

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