Thermal Conductivity Liquids
Reference data and engineering information about thermal conductivity liquids for thermodynamics applications.
thermalconductivityliquidsData Table
Overview
Engineering reference data for Thermal Conductivity Liquids 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 |
63 rows
Fluid | Thermal Conductivity(W/(m·K)) |
|---|---|
| Acetic acid | 0.193 |
| Acetone | 0.18 |
| Alcohol, ethyl (ethanol) | 0.171 |
| Alcohol, methyl (methanol) | 0.204 |
| Alcohol, propyl | 0.161 |
| Ammonia, saturated | 0.507 |
| Aniline | 0.172 |
| Antifreeze-water mixture 38% | 0.45 |
| Benzene | 0.167 |
| Benzine | 0.16 |
| Carbon Disulfide | 0.161 |
| Carbon Tetrachloride | 0.104 |
| Castor Oil | 0.18 |
| Chloroform | 0.129 |
| Decane | 0.147 |
| Dichlorodifluoromethane refrigerant R-12 | 0.071 |
| Diesel oil | 0.13 |
| Dodecane | 0.14 |
| Engine Oil, unused | 0.145 |
| Ethanol | 0.17 |
| Ether | 0.13 |
| Ethyl acetate | 0.137 |
| Ethyl chloride | 0.11 |
| Ethyl ether | 0.13 |
| Ethylene glycol | 0.258 |
| Fuel oil | 0.14 |
| Gasoline, petrol | 0.13 |
| Glycerine | 0.285 |
| Heating oil | 0.12 |
| Hexane | 0.124 |
| Hydrochloric acid 10% | 0.5 |
| Hydrofluoric acid | 2.33 |
| Isobutyl alcohol | 0.134 |
| Kerosene (paraffin) | 0.145 |
| Linseed oil | 0.15 |
| Lubricating Machine oil | 0.126 |
| Medicinal paraffin | 0.127 |
| Mercury | 8.4 |
| Methane (93.2 K) | 0.2153 |
| Methanol | 0.2 |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 0.167 |
| n-Heptane | 0.14 |
| n-Octane | 0.147 |
| n-Pentane | 0.136 |
| n-Propyl alcohol | 0.168 |
| Nitric acid | 0.26 |
| Nitrogen (69.1 K) | 0.1511 |
| Oil, cylinder | 0.152 |
| Oil, transformer | 0.136 |
| Petroleum | 0.159 |
| Petroleum ether | 0.14 |
| Phenol | 0.19 |
| Propylene glycol | 0.147 |
| Salt solution 20% | 0.58 |
| Sulfuric acid concentrated | 0.5 |
| Tar | 0.19 |
| Toluene | 0.151 |
| Transformer oil | 0.13 |
| Trichlor ethylene | 0.16 |
| Trichlorofluoromethane refrigerant R-11 | 0.093 |
| Turpentine oil | 0.128 |
| Water, Fresh | 0.609 |
| Xenon (173 K) | 0.07 |
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