Specific heat capacity of air

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04-05-2008, 05:53 PM

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Specific heat capacity of air

Anyone know it?

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04-05-2008, 06:11 PM

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about 1.0035 J/gK

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04-05-2008, 06:13 PM

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i assume you mean j/kg, lol

cheers, about 1/4 of water then.

so to raise 10 litres of water in a charge cooler by 10 degrees, it would be able to cool 10 kg of air by 40 degrees, give or take.

(ie 500bhp flat out for about 30 mins!)

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04-05-2008, 06:14 PM

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heat capacity J cm-3 K-1. Air (Sea level, dry, 0 °C), gas, 1.0035, 29.07, 20.7643. Air (typical room conditionsA), gas, 1.012, 29.19, 20.85

im sure it was this last time i checked

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04-05-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door

joules per gram degree kelvin?

and sorry, thats at 0 degress mate, room temp is 0.012

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04-05-2008, 07:26 PM

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heat capacity J cm-3 K-1. Air (Sea level, dry, 0 °C), gas, 1.0035, 29.07, 20.7643. Air (typical room conditionsA), gas, 1.012, 29.19, 20.85

im sure it was this last time i checked

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