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Literature Values For Water Specific Heat Capacity
Specific heat capacity measurements by DSC require the use of well-characterized reference material (usually sapphire) to
obtain results. However, when analyzing liquids, suitable sized sapphire reference material may be difficult to obtain. One
alternative is to use purified water. The table below summarizes specific heat capacity data (literature valures) for water as
a function of temperature.
Temperature
°C
______
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Specific Heat
cal./g/°C
_______
J/g/°C
______
1.00738
1.00652
1.00571
1.00499
1.00430
1.00368
1.00313
1.00260
1.00213
1.00170
1.00129
1.00093
1.00060
1.00029
1.00002
0.99976
0.99955
0.99933
0.99914
0.99897
0.99883
0.99869
0.99857
0.99847
0.99838
0.99828
0.99821
0.99814
0.99809
4.2177
4.2141
4.2107
4.2077
4.2048
4.2022
4.1999
4.1977
4.1957
4.1939
4.1922
4.1907
4.1893
4.1880
4.1869
4.1858
4.1849
4.1840
4.1832
4.1825
4.1819
4.1813
4.1808
4.1804
4.1800
4.1796
4.1793
4.1790
4.1788
Temperature
°C
______
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
Specific Heat
cal./g/°C
_______
J/g/°C
_______
0.99804
0.99802
0.99799
0.99797
0.99797
0.99795
0.99795
0.99797
0.99797
0.99799
0.99802
0.99804
0.99807
0.99811
0.99816
0.99819
0.99826
0.99830
0.99835
0.99842
0.99847
0.99854
0.99862
0.99871
0.99878
0.99885
0.99895
0.99905
0.99914
4.1786
4.1785
4.1784
4.1783
4.1783
4.1782
4.1782
4.1783
4.1783
4.1784
4.1785
4.1786
4.1787
4.1789
4.1791
4.1792
4.1795
4.1797
4.1799
4.1802
4.1804
4.1807
4.1810
4.1814
4.1817
4.1820
4.1824
4.1828
4.1832
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Temperature
°C
______
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
Specific Heat
cal./g/°C
_______
J/g/°C
______
0.99924
0.99933
0.99943
0.99955
0.99964
0.99976
0.99988
1.00000
1.00014
1.00026
1.00041
1.00053
1.00067
1.00081
1.00096
1.00112
1.00127
1.00143
1.00160
1.00177
1.00194
4.1836
4.1840
4.1844
4.1849
4.1853
4.1858
4.1863
4.1868
4.1874
4.1879
4.1885
4.1890
4.1896
4.1902
4.1908
4.1915
4.1921
4.1928
4.1935
4.1942
4.1949
Temperature
°C
______
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
Specific Heat
cal./g/°C
_______
J/g/°C
_______
1.00213
1.00229
1.00248
1.00268
1.00287
1.00308
1.00327
1.00349
1.00370
1.00392
1.00416
1.00437
1.00461
1.00485
1.00509
1.00535
1.00561
1.00588
1.00614
1.00640
1.00669
1.00697
4.1957
4.1964
4.1972
4.1980
4.1988
4.1997
4.2005
4.2014
4.2023
4.2032
4.2042
4.2051
4.2061
4.2071
4.2081
4.2092
4.2103
4.2114
4.2125
4.2136
4.2148
4.2160
REFERENCE: Osborne, Stimson, and Ginnings, B. of S. Jour. Res., 23, 238 (1939) in Handbook of Chemistry and Physics,
53rd ed., Cleveland, Ohio, D128 (1972-1973).
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