Solar Energy Engineering

APPENDIX 5

Thermophysical Properties of Materials

Table A5.1. Physical Properties of Air at Atmospheric Pressure

Notes: T = temperature, ρ = density, c_p = specific heat capacity, μ = viscosity, ν = μ/ρ = kinetic viscosity, k = thermal conductivity, α = c_pρ/k = heat (thermal) diffusivity, Pr = Prandtl number

Table A5.2. Physical Properties of Saturated Liquid Water

Notes: T = temperature, ρ = density, c_p = specific heat capacity, μ = viscosity, ν = μ/ρ = kinetic viscosity, k = thermal conductivity, α = c_pρ/k = heat (thermal) diffusivity, Pr ...