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Properties of dry air at 1 atm: density, viscosity, conductivity and Prandtl number

Table of dry air properties at atmospheric pressure from −20 to 300 °C: density, specific heat, dynamic and kinematic viscosity, thermal conductivity and Prandtl number.

T (°C)ρ (kg/m³)cₚ (kJ/(kg·K))μ (10⁻⁵ Pa·s)ν (10⁻⁵ m²/s)k (W/(m·K))Pr
−201.3941.0031.6151.1580.02250.721
01.2921.0041.7161.3280.02410.715
101.2471.0041.7651.4160.02490.712
201.2041.0041.8131.5060.02570.709
251.1841.0051.8371.5520.02610.708
301.1641.0051.8611.5980.02650.706
401.1271.0051.9071.6920.02720.704
501.0921.0061.9531.7880.0280.702
601.061.0071.9991.8860.02880.7
800.99951.0082.0872.0880.03020.696
1000.9461.012.1732.2970.03170.693
1500.83421.0162.3792.8510.03520.687
2000.7461.0242.5713.4470.03850.685
3000.61591.0452.9274.7520.04460.685

Ideal gas (ρ = P/RT, R = 287.05 J/(kg·K); at 1 atm it differs from the real gas by less than 0.1 %). μ and k from Sutherland's law (μ₀ = 1.716 × 10⁻⁵ Pa·s, S = 110.4 K; k₀ = 0.0241 W/(m·K), S = 194 K, referred to 0 °C); typical error of a few percent. ν = μ/ρ, Pr = cₚμ/k.

Source: CoolProp (MIT license): reference equation of state of water (IAPWS-95) and ideal-gas cₚ of air, the same as the «Thermodynamic tables» tab. ↗ · Sutherland's law (equation): Sutherland, W. «The viscosity of gases and molecular force», Phil. Mag. 36 (1893) 507–531.

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