Thermophysical Properties: Nonmetallic Solids

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Table B.13 Nonmetals

Materials T(°C) k (W/m-K) ρ (kg/m3) c (J/kg-K) α (10-7m2/s)
Asphalt 20-55 0.74-0.76
Brick
Building brick, 20 0.69 1600 0.84 5.2
common face 1.32 2000
Carborundum 600 18.5
brick 1400 11.1
Chrome brick 200 2.32 3000 0.84 9.2
900 1.99 7.9
Diatomaceous
earth, molded 200 0.24
and fired 870 0.31
Fireclay brick, 500 1.04 2000 0.96 5.4
burned 1330°C 800 1.07
Clay 30 1.3 1460 0.88
Cement, portland 23 0.29 1500
Coal. anthracite 30 0.26 1200-1500 1.26
Concrete, cinder 23 0.76
Stone 1-2-4 mix 20 1.37 1900-2300 0.88 8.2-6.8
Cotton 20 0.06 80 1.30
Glass, window 20 0.78 (avg) 2700 0.84 3.4
Pyrex 30 1.4 2225 0.835
Paper 30 0.011 930 1.340
Paraffin 30 0.020 900 2.890
Plaster, gypsum 20 0.48 1440 0.84 4.0
Rubber, vulcanized
Soft 30 0.012 1100 2.010
Hard 30 0.013 1190
Sand 30 0.027 1515 0.800
Stone
Granite 1.73-3.98 2640 0.82 8-18
Limestone 100-300 1.26-1.33 2500 0.90 5.6-5.9
Marble 2.07-2.94 2500-2700 0.80 10-13.6
Sandstone 40 1.83 2160-2300 0.71 11.2-11.9
Teflon 30 0.35 2200
Tissue, humana
Skin 27 0.37
Fat layer (adipose) 27 0.2
Muscle 27 0.5
Wood (across grain)
Balsa 30 0.055 140
Cypress 30 0.097 460
Fir 23 0.11 420 2.72 0.96
Maple or oak 30 0.166 540 2.4 1.28
Yellow pine 23 0.147 640 2.8 0.82
White pine 30 0.112 430

References

Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., 2006, Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, Elsevier, Burlington, MA.

Faghri Amir , Zhang Yuwen , Howell John, 2010, Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer, Global Digital Press, Columbia, MO

Incropera, F.P., DeWitt, D.P., Bergman, T.L., Lavine, A.S., 2007, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.

Ozisik, M.N., 1993, Heat Conduction, 2nd ed., Wiley-Interscience, New York.

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