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Temperature, density, specific heat, thermal conductivity, expansion coefficient, kinematic viscosity and Prandtl's number for temperatures ranging -150 - 400 oC

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Specific heat capacity -c p

(kJ/kg.K) 1.026 1.009 1.005 1.005 1.005 1.005 1.009 1.009 1.009 1.013 1.013 1.017

Thermal conductivity -l(W/m.K)

Kinematic viscosity -x 10-6 (m2/s)

Expansion coefficient -bx 10-3 (1/K)

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2.793 1.980 1.534 1.293 1.205 1.127 1.067 1.000 0.946 0.898 0.854 0.815

0.0116 0.0160 0.0204 0.0243 0.0257 0.0271 0.0285 0.0299 0.0314 0.0328 0.0343 0.0358

3.08 5.95 9.55 13.30 15.11 16.97 18.90 20.94 23.06 25.23 27.55 29.85

8.21 5.82 4.51 3.67 3.43 3.20 3.00 2.83 2.68 2.55 2.43 2.32

0.76 0.74 0.725 0.715 0.713 0.711 0.709 0.708 0.703 0.70 0.695 0.69

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0.779 0.746 0.675 0.616 0.566 0.524

1.022 1.026 1.034 1.047 1.055 1.068

0.0372 0.0386 0.0421 0.0454 0.0485 0.0515

32.29 34.63 41.17 47.85 55.05 62.53

2.21 2.11 1.91 1.75 1.61 1.49

0.69 0.685 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68

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