The specific heat at constant pressure and constant volume processes, and the ratio of specific
heat and the individual gas constant - R - for some common used "ideal gases", can be found in
the table below (approximate values at 68oF (20oC) and 14.7 psia (1 atm)):
Ratio of
Individual Gas constant
Specific Heat Specific
-R-
Heats
Gas or Vapor Formula
cp cv cp cv = cp - cv cp - cv
(kJ/kg K) (kJ/kg K) (Btu/lbmoF) (Btu/lbmoF) cp / cv (kJ/kg K) (ft lbf/lbmoR)
Acetone 1.47 1.32 0.35 0.32 1.11 0.15
Acetylene C2H2 1.69 1.37 0.35 0.27 1.232 0.319 59.34
Air 1.01 0.718 0.24 0.17 1.40 0.287 53.34
Alcohol C2H5OH 1.88 1.67 0.45 0.4 1.13 0.22
Alcohol CH3OH 1.93 1.53 0.46 0.37 1.26 0.39
Ammonia NH3 2.19 1.66 0.52 0.4 1.31 0.53 96.5
Argon Ar 0.520 0.312 0.12 0.07 1.667 0.208
Benzene C6H6 1.09 0.99 0.26 0.24 1.12 0.1
Blast furnace gas 1.03 0.73 0.25 0.17 1.41 0.3 55.05
Bromine 0.25 0.2 0.06 0.05 1.28 0.05
Butatiene 1.12
Butane C4H10 1.67 1.53 0.395 0.356 1.094 0.143 26.5
Ratio of
Individual Gas constant
Specific Heat Specific
-R-
Heats
Gas or Vapor Formula
cp cv cp cv = cp - cv cp - cv
(kJ/kg K) (kJ/kg K) (Btu/lbmoF) (Btu/lbmoF) cp / cv (kJ/kg K) (ft lbf/lbmoR)
Carbon dioxide CO2 0.844 0.655 0.21 0.16 1.289 0.189 38.86
Carbon monoxide CO 1.02 0.72 0.24 0.17 1.40 0.297 55.14
Carbon disulphide 0.67 0.55 0.16 0.13 1.21 0.12
Chlorine Cl2 0.48 0.36 0.12 0.09 1.34 0.12
Chloroform 0.63 0.55 0.15 0.13 1.15 0.08
Coal gas 2.14 1.59
Combustion products 1 0.24
Ethane C2H6 1.75 1.48 0.39 0.32 1.187 0.276 51.5
Ether 2.01 1.95 0.48 0.47 1.03 0.06
Ethylene C2H4 1.53 1.23 0.4 0.33 1.240 0.296 55.08
Freon 22 1.18
Helium He 5.19 3.12 1.25 0.75 1.667 2.08 386.3
Hexane 1.06
Hydrochlor acid 0.795 0.567
Ratio of
Individual Gas constant
Specific Heat Specific
-R-
Heats
Gas or Vapor Formula
cp cv cp cv = cp - cv cp - cv
(kJ/kg K) (kJ/kg K) (Btu/lbmoF) (Btu/lbmoF) cp / cv (kJ/kg K) (ft lbf/lbmoR)
Hydrogen H2 14.32 10.16 3.42 2.43 1.405 4.12 765.9
Hydrogen Chloride HCl 0.8 0.57 0.191 0.135 1.41 0.23 42.4
Hydrogen Sulfide H2S 0.243 0.187 1.32 45.2
Hydroxyl OH 1.76 1.27 1.384 0.489
Krypton 0.25 0.151
Methane CH4 2.22 1.70 0.59 0.45 1.304 0.518 96.4
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 0.240 0.200 1.20 30.6
Natural Gas 2.34 1.85 0.56 0.44 1.27 0.5 79.1
Neon 1.03 0.618 1.667 0.412
Nitric Oxide NO 0.995 0.718 0.23 0.17 1.386 0.277
Nitrogen N2 1.04 0.743 0.25 0.18 1.400 0.297 54.99
Nitrogen tetroxide 4.69 4.6 1.12 1.1 1.02 0.09
Nitrous oxide N2O 0.88 0.69 0.21 0.17 1.27 0.18 35.1
Oxygen O2 0.919 0.659 0.22 0.16 1.395 0.260 48.24
Ratio of
Individual Gas constant
Specific Heat Specific
-R-
Heats
Gas or Vapor Formula
cp cv cp cv = cp - cv cp - cv
(kJ/kg K) (kJ/kg K) (Btu/lbmoF) (Btu/lbmoF) cp / cv (kJ/kg K) (ft lbf/lbmoR)
Pentane 1.07
Propane C3H8 1.67 1.48 0.39 0.34 1.127 0.189 35.0
Propene (propylene) C3H6 1.5 1.31 0.36 0.31 1.15 0.18 36.8
Water Vapor
Steam 1 psia. 120 1.93 1.46 0.46 0.35 1.32 0.462
600oF
Steam 14.7 psia. 220
1.97 1.5 0.47 0.36 1.31 0.46
600 oF
Steam 150 psia. 360
2.26 1.76 0.54 0.42 1.28 0.5
600 oF
Sulfur dioxide
SO2 0.64 0.51 0.15 0.12 1.29 0.13 24.1
(Sulphur dioxide)
0.097,,
Xenon 0.16
