Liquid Metal Boiling Points Specific Heat
Reference data and engineering information about liquid metal boiling points specific heat for thermodynamics applications.
liquidmetalboilingpointsData Table
Overview
Engineering reference data for Liquid Metal Boiling Points Specific Heat in thermodynamics.
Key Formulas
First Law
Energy is conserved — heat added minus work done.
Ideal Gas Law
Relates pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas.
Heat Transfer
Sensible heat transfer.
Carnot Efficiency
Maximum efficiency between two temperatures.
Variables
| Symbol | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Internal energy | J | |
| Heat | J | |
| Work | J | |
| Pressure | Pa | |
| Volume | m³ | |
| Temperature | K |
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Metal | Boiling Point (K) at 10⁻³ atm(K) | Boiling Point (K) at 10⁻⁶ atm(K) | Specific Heat (cal/g·°C)(cal/g·°C) | Specific Heat (kJ/kg·°C)(kJ/kg·°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | 1782 | 1333 | 0.28 | 1.18 |
| Antimony | 1007 | 741 | 0.062 | 0.26 |
| Beryllium | 1793 | 1347 | 0.78 | 3.27 |
| Bismuth | 1155 | 851 | 0.036 | 0.15 |
| Cadmium | 655 | 486 | 0.063 | 0.26 |
| Chromium | 1992 | 1530 | 0.224 | 0.94 |
| Cobalt | 2167 | 1652 | 0.164 | 0.69 |
| Copper | 1862 | 1391 | 0.118 | 0.49 |
| Gold | 2023 | 1510 | 0.0355 | 0.15 |
| Iridium | 3253 | 2515 | 0.043 | 0.18 |
| Iron | 2093 | 1594 | 0.197 | 0.82 |
| Lead | 1230 | 889 | 0.033 | 0.14 |
| Magnesium | 857 | 638 | 0.32 | 1.34 |
| Manganese | 1495 | 1131 | 0.2 | 0.84 |
| Mercury | 393 | 287 | — | — |
| Molybdenum | 3344 | 2558 | 0.089 | 0.37 |
| Nickel | 2156 | 1646 | 0.175 | 0.73 |
| Niobium (Columbium) | 3523 | 2721 | 0.083 | 0.35 |
| Osmium | — | — | 0.039 | 0.16 |
| Platinum | 2817 | 2155 | 0.043 | 0.18 |
| Plutonium | 2200 | 1596 | 0.041 | 0.17 |
| Potassium | 606 | 430 | — | — |
| Rhodium | — | — | 0.092 | 0.39 |
| Silicon | 2340 | 1749 | 0.217 | 0.91 |
| Silver | 1582 | 1179 | 0.068 | 0.28 |
| Sodium | 701 | 504 | — | — |
| Tantalum | 3959 | 3052 | 0.04 | 0.17 |
| Thorium | 3251 | 2407 | 0.047 | 0.2 |
| Tin | 1857 | 1366 | 0.058 | 0.24 |
| Titanium | 2405 | 1827 | 0.188 | 0.79 |
| Tungsten | 4139 | 3228 | 0.04 | 0.17 |
| Uranium | 2861 | 2128 | 0.048 | 0.2 |
| Vanadium | 2525 | 1948 | 0.207 | 0.87 |
| Zinc | 752 | 559 | — | — |
Source: engineeringtoolbox.com
Important Notes
- Vapor Pressure & Boiling Point: The boiling point of a liquid metal is dependent on the ambient pressure. Data is provided at two standard reference pressures: 10⁻³ atm and 10⁻⁶ atm.
- Specific Heat: This is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the liquid metal by one degree Celsius (or Kelvin).
- Unit Conversion: The specific heat is given in both calorie and SI units. 1 cal/g·°C = 4.1868 kJ/kg·°C.
Pressure Unit Conversions
For reference, 1 atm = 101325 Pa = 1.013 bar = 14.696 psi = 760 torr.