9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

STEAM TABLES
Editorial Board Entry
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.s.steam_tables

Article added: 2 February 2011

Article last modified: 9 February 2011
Share article

VIEW IN A-Z INDEX

NUMBER OF VIEWS: 1999465

The following tables of the properties of steam are taken directly from Chapter 5.5.3
of the Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, 1986, by C. F. Beaton.

The tables in this section are reprinted, with permission, from NBS/NRC Steam
Tables.

Symbol Property Units

h specific enthalpy kJ/kg
P pressure bar = 0.1 MPa
Pr Prandtl number (= ηCp/λ) dimensionless
r specific enthalpy of vaporization kJ/kg
s specific entropy kJ/(kg K)
ts temperature at saturation
u specific internal energy kJ/kg
https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 1/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

ν specific volume m3/kg

ε static dielectric constant dimensionless
η viscosity 10−6 kg/(s m) = MPa s
λ thermal conductivity mW/(K m)
ρ density kg/m3
σ surface tension kg/s2 = N/m
specific entropy of vaporization kJ/(kg K)

gdenotes a saturated vapor state

l denotes a saturated liquid state
The reference state for all property values is the liquid at the triple point, for which
state the specific internal energy and the specific entropy have been set to zero.

Figure 1. Viscosity.

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 2/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Figure 2. Thermal conductivity.

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 3/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Figure 3. Prandtl number.

Table 1. Saturation (temperature)

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 4/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 5/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 6/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 7/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 8/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 9/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 2. Saturation (pressure)

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 10/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 11/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 3. Compressed water and superheated steam

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 12/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 13/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 14/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 15/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 16/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 17/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 18/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 19/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 20/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 21/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 22/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 23/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 4. Specific heat capacity at constant pressure

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 24/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 5. Viscosity

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 25/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 6. Thermal conductivity

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 26/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 7. Prandtl number

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 27/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 8. Properties for coexisting phases: viscosity, thermal, conductivity, Prandtl

number, dielectric constant, surface tension

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 28/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 9. Thermal expansion coefficient β = (1/ν)(∂ν/∂T)p of liquid water as a function

of pressure and temperature. (β in 10−3/K.)

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 29/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Table 10. Thermal diffusivity æ of liquid water as a function of pressure and

temperature. (k in 10−6 m2/sec.)

References

1. Haar, L., Gallagher, J. S., and Kell, G. S. (1984) Thermodynamic and Transport
Properties and Computer Programs for Vapor and Liquid States of Water in S.I.
Units. NBS/NRC, Hemisphere, Washington, D.C.
2. VDI-Wärmeatlas (1974) 2d edn., Verein Deutsches Ingenieure, Dusseldorf. DOI:
10.1002/cite.330470908

Back to top © Copyright 2008-2024

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 30/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES

Related content in other

products

Begell Annual AIHTC

House Inc. Review of
Heat
Transfer

ICHMT

We recommend

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE THERMODYNAMIC Diffusion Capacity: Equipment quality control

PROPERTIES OF STEAM AND THE Irene Steenbruggen, European Respiratory Journal,
INTERPRETATION OF SOME THERMODYNAMIC 2023
DIAGRAMS
Jr. Silvestri, George J., Begell E-book Platform “2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon
monoxide uptake in the lung.” Brian L. Graham, Vito
A NEW EQUATION OF STATE OF SUPERHEATED Brusasco, Felip Burgos, Brendan G. Cooper, Robert
STEAM FOR INDUSTRIAL USE Jensen, A...
Ichimatsu Tanishita, Begell E-book Platform European Respiratory Society, European Respiratory
526--Steam Tables Journal, 2018

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 31/32
9/10/24, 3:50 AM STEAM TABLES
Clive F. Beaton, Heat Exchanger Design Book, 2018 Research on pumped two-phase single-sided cold
plate of IGBT for rail transit applications
DIRECT DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE DATA ON
Hui Wu, Transportation Safety and Environment
WATER AND STEAM THERMOPHYSICAL
PROPERTIES USING PADE APPROXIMATION Standardization of the measurement of transfer factor:
V.N. Vinogradov, Begell E-book Platform allowance for water vapour in the analysis of helium
concentration.
INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC
FORMULATIONS FOR THE THERMODYNAMIC A Rizzo, European Respiratory Journal, 1995
PROPERTIES OF WATER AND STEAM
Bench study evaluation of ventilator behavior with
Philip G. Hill, Begell E-book Platform different humidification conditions during noninvasive
home ventilation
Astrid Bertier, European Respiratory Journal, 2019

Powered by

ABOUT EDITORS CONTACT US ACCESS

© THERMOPEDIA, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-56700-456-4

https://www.thermopedia.com/content/1150/ 32/32