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Tables in English Units 1011

TABLE A-20E

Ideal Gas Specific Heats of Some Common Gases (Btu/lb ? 8R)


cp cv k cp cv k cp cv k

Temp. Temp.
8F Air Nitrogen, N2 Oxygen, O2 8F
40 0.240 0.171 1.401 0.248 0.177 1.400 0.219 0.156 1.397 40
100 0.240 0.172 1.400 0.248 0.178 1.399 0.220 0.158 1.394 100
200 0.241 0.173 1.397 0.249 0.178 1.398 0.223 0.161 1.387 200

300 0.243 0.174 1.394 0.250 0.179 1.396 0.226 0.164 1.378 300
400 0.245 0.176 1.389 0.251 0.180 1.393 0.230 0.168 1.368 400
500 0.248 0.179 1.383 0.254 0.183 1.388 0.235 0.173 1.360 500

600 0.250 0.182 1.377 0.256 0.185 1.383 0.239 0.177 1.352 600
700 0.254 0.185 1.371 0.260 0.189 1.377 0.242 0.181 1.344 700
800 0.257 0.188 1.365 0.262 0.191 1.371 0.246 0.184 1.337 800

900 0.259 0.191 1.358 0.265 0.194 1.364 0.249 0.187 1.331 900
1000 0.263 0.195 1.353 0.269 0.198 1.359 0.252 0.190 1.326 1000
1500 0.276 0.208 1.330 0.283 0.212 1.334 0.263 0.201 1.309 1500
2000 0.286 0.217 1.312 0.293 0.222 1.319 0.270 0.208 1.298 2000

Temp. Carbon Carbon Temp.


8F Dioxide, CO2 Monoxide, CO Hydrogen, H2 8F
40 0.195 0.150 1.300 0.248 0.177 1.400 3.397 2.412 1.409 40
100 0.205 0.160 1.283 0.249 0.178 1.399 3.426 2.441 1.404 100
200 0.217 0.172 1.262 0.249 0.179 1.397 3.451 2.466 1.399 200

300 0.229 0.184 1.246 0.251 0.180 1.394 3.461 2.476 1.398 300
400 0.239 0.193 1.233 0.253 0.182 1.389 3.466 2.480 1.397 400
500 0.247 0.202 1.223 0.256 0.185 1.384 3.469 2.484 1.397 500

600 0.255 0.210 1.215 0.259 0.188 1.377 3.473 2.488 1.396 600
700 0.262 0.217 1.208 0.262 0.191 1.371 3.477 2.492 1.395 700
800 0.269 0.224 1.202 0.266 0.195 1.364 3.494 2.509 1.393 800

900 0.275 0.230 1.197 0.269 0.198 1.357 3.502 2.519 1.392 900
1000 0.280 0.235 1.192 0.273 0.202 1.351 3.513 2.528 1.390 1000
1500 0.298 0.253 1.178 0.287 0.216 1.328 3.618 2.633 1.374 1500
2000 0.312 0.267 1.169 0.297 0.226 1.314 3.758 2.773 1.355 2000

Source: Adapted from K. Wark, Thermodynamics, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983, as based on “Tables of
Thermal Properties of Gases,” NBS Circular 564, 1955.

Table A-20E
1012 Tables in English Units

TABLE A-21E
_
Variation of cp with Temperature for Selected Ideal Gases
_
Cp
_ = a 1 bT 1 gT 2 1 dT 3 1 eT 4
R
T is in 8R, equations valid from 540 to 1800 8R
Gas a b 3 103 g 3 106 d 3 109 e 3 1012
CO 3.710 0.899 1.140 0.348 0.0228
CO2 2.401 4.853 2.039 0.343 0
H2 3.057 1.487 1.793 0.947 0.1726
H2O 4.070 0.616 1.281 0.508 0.0769

O2 3.626 1.043 2.178 1.160 0.2053


N2 3.675 0.671 0.717 0.108 0.0215
Air 3.653 0.7428 1.017 0.328 0.02632
NH3 3.591 0.274 2.576 1.437 0.2601

NO 4.046 1.899 2.464 1.048 0.1517


NO2 3.459 1.147 2.064 1.639 0.3448
SO2 3.267 2.958 0.211 0.906 0.2438
SO3 2.578 8.087 2.832 0.136 0.1878

CH4 3.826 2.211 7.580 3.898 0.6633


C2H2 1.410 10.587 7.562 2.811 0.3939
C2H4 1.426 6.324 2.466 2.787 0.6429

Monatomic
gasesa 2.5 0 0 0 0

a _
For monatomic
_ gases, such as He, Ne, and Ar, cp is constant over a wide temperature range and is very nearly
equal to 5兾2 R.

Source: Adapted from K. Wark, Thermodynamics, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983, as based on NASA SP-273,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1971.
Table A-21E

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