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Air Properties
Temperature, density, specific heat, thermal conductivity, expansion coefficient, kinematic viscosity and Prandtl's
number for temperatures ranging -150 - 400 oC
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Density, specific heat, thermal conductivity, kinematic viscosity, expansion coefficient and Prandtl's number for air at temperatures ranging -150 oC to 400
oC.
Thermal
Conductivity
-k(W/(m K))

Kinematic
Viscosity
-x 10-6 (m2/s)

Expansion
Coefficient
-bx 10-3 (1/K)

Temperature
-t(oC)

Density
-(kg/m3)

Specific Heat
- cp (kJ/(kg K))

-150

2.793

1.026

0.0116

3.08

8.21

0.76

-100

1.980

1.009

0.0160

5.95

5.82

0.74

-50

1.534

1.005

0.0204

9.55

4.51

0.725

1.293

1.005

0.0243

13.30

3.67

0.715

20

1.205

1.005

0.0257

15.11

3.43

0.713

40

1.127

1.005

0.0271

16.97

3.20

0.711

60

1.067

1.009

0.0285

18.90

3.00

0.709

Prandtl's Number
- Pr -

80

1.000

1.009

0.0299

20.94

2.83

0.708

100

0.946

1.009

0.0314

23.06

2.68

0.703

120

0.898

1.013

0.0328

25.23

2.55

0.70

140

0.854

1.013

0.0343

27.55

2.43

0.695

160

0.815

1.017

0.0358

29.85

2.32

0.69

180

0.779

1.022

0.0372

32.29

2.21

0.69

200

0.746

1.026

0.0386

34.63

2.11

0.685

250

0.675

1.034

0.0421

41.17

1.91

0.68

300

0.616

1.047

0.0454

47.85

1.75

0.68

350

0.566

1.055

0.0485

55.05

1.61

0.68

400

0.524

1.068

0.0515

62.53

1.49

0.68

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Air Composition

Example - Mass of 10 m3 Air at 100 oC

From the table above - the density of air is 0.946 kg/m3 at 100 oC. The mass of 10 m3 air can then be calculated as
m=V
= (10 m3) (0.946 kg/m3)
= 9.46 kg
where
m = mass (kg)
V = volume (m3)
= density (kg/m3)
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