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The specific heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume processes, and the ratio of specific heat and the individual gas constant - R - for some
common used "ideal gases", can be found in the table below (approximate values at 68oF (20oC) and 14.7 psia (1 atm)):

Ratio of
Specific
Heats

Specific Heat Capacity


Gas or Vapor

Formula

Individual Gas constant


-R-

cp
(kJ/kg K)

cv
(kJ/kg K)

cp
(Btu/lbmoF)

cv
(Btu/lbmoF)

=
cp / cv

cp - cv
(kJ/kg K)

cp - cv
(ft lbf/lbmoR)

1.47
1.69
1.01
1.88

1.32
1.37
0.718
1.67

0.35
0.35
0.24
0.45

0.32
0.27
0.17
0.4

1.11
1.232
1.40
1.13

0.15
0.319
0.287
0.22

59.34
53.34

Acetone
Acetylene
Air
Alcohol

C2H5OH

Alcohol

CH3OH

1.93

1.53

0.46

0.37

1.26

0.39

Ammonia
Argon
Benzene
Blast furnace gas
Bromine
Butatiene
Butane

NH3

2.19
0.520
1.09
1.03
0.25

1.66
0.312
0.99
0.73
0.2

0.52
0.12
0.26
0.25
0.06

0.4
0.07
0.24
0.17
0.05

0.53
0.208
0.1
0.3
0.05

C4H10

1.67

1.53

0.395

0.356

1.31
1.667
1.12
1.41
1.28
1.12
1.094

0.143

26.5

Carbon dioxide

CO2

0.844

0.655

0.21

0.16

1.289

0.189

38.86

Carbon monoxide
Carbon disulphide

CO

1.02
0.67

0.72
0.55

0.24
0.16

0.17
0.13

1.40
1.21

0.297
0.12

55.14

Chlorine
Chloroform
Combustion products
Ethane
Ether
Ethylene
Freon 22
Helium
Hexane
Hydrogen
Hydrogen Chloride
Hydrogen Sulfide

Cl2

0.36
0.55

1.34
1.15

0.12
0.08

1.48
1.95
1.23

0.12
0.15
0.24
0.39
0.48
0.4

0.09
0.13

C 2H 4

0.48
0.63
1
1.75
2.01
1.53

0.32
0.47
0.33

0.276
0.06
0.296

55.08

He

5.19

3.12

1.25

0.75

2.08

386.3

H2

14.32
0.8

10.16
0.57

3.42
0.191
0.243

2.43
0.135
0.187

1.187
1.03
1.240
1.18
1.667
1.06
1.405
1.41
1.32

4.12
0.23

765.9
42.4
45.2

1.76
2.22

1.27
1.70

0.59

0.45

1.384
1.304

0.489
0.518

0.240
0.56

0.200
0.44

0.23
0.25
1.12
0.21

0.17
0.18
1.1
0.17

1.20
1.27
1.667
1.386
1.400
1.02
1.27

0.5
0.412
0.277
0.297
0.09
0.18

C 2H 2

Ar
C 6H 6

C 2H 6

HCl
H 2S

Hydroxyl
Methane

OH
CH4

Methyl Chloride
Natural Gas
Neon
Nitric Oxide
Nitrogen
Nitrogen tetroxide
Nitrous oxide

CH3Cl

Oxygen
Pentane
Propane
Propene (propylene)

N2O

2.34
1.03
0.995
1.04
4.69
0.88

1.85
0.618
0.718
0.743
4.6
0.69

O2

0.919

0.659

0.22

0.16

C 3H 8

1.67

1.48

0.39

C 3H 6

1.5

1.31

0.36

NO
N2

0.260

96.5

55.05

51.5

96.4
30.6
79.1

54.99
35.1

0.34

1.395
1.07
1.127

0.189

35.0

0.31

1.15

0.18

36.8

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Water Vapor
Steam 1 psia. 120 600
o
F
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600 oF
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600 oF
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1.93

1.46

0.46

0.35

1.32

0.462

1.97

1.5

0.47

0.36

1.31

0.46

2.26

1.76

0.54

0.42

1.28

0.5

0.64

0.51

0.15

0.12

1.29

0.13

24.1

= cp / cv - the specific heat capacity ratio


cp = specific heat in a constant pressure process
cv = specific heat in a constant volume process
R- Individual Gas constant
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