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Appendix A. Supplemental Information
A.5 Relative Thermal Conductivity of Common Gases
Table 4: Thermal Conductivity of Common Gases
Gas Temperature = 0
o
C (32
o
F) Temperature = 100
o
C (212
o
F)
Air, N
2
/O
2
1.000 1.000
Hydrogen, H
2
6.968 6.803
Helium, He 5.970 5.530
Nitrogen, N
2
1.000 0.989
Oxygen, O
2
1.018 1.028
Neon, Ne 1.900 1.840
Argon, Ar 0.677 0.665
Chlorine, Cl
2
0.323 0.340
Carbon Monoxide, CO 0.962 0.958
Carbon Dioxide, CO
2
0.603 0.704
Nitric Oxide, NO 0.980 0.978
Sulfur Dioxide, SO
2
0.350 0.381
Hydrogen Sulfide, H
2
S 0.538 0.562
Carbon Disulfide, CS
2
0.285 0.300
Ammonia, NH
3
0.897 1.040
Water Vapor, H
2
O 0.755 0.771
Methane, CH
4
1.250 1.450
Ethane, C
2
H
6
0.750 0.970
Propane, C
3
H
8
0.615 0.832
n-Butane, C
4
H
10
0.552 0.744
Isobutane, C
4
H
10
0.569 0.776
n-Pentane, C
5
H
12
0.535 0.702
Isopentane, C
5
H
12
0.515 0.702
n-Hexane, C
6
H
14
0.508 0.662
n-Heptane, C
7
H
16
0.399 0.582
Cyclohexane, C
6
H
12
0.375 0.576
Ethylene, C
2
H
4
0.720 0.980
Propylene, C
3
H
6
0.626 0.879
Acetylene, C
2
H
2
0.770 0.900
1,3 Butadiene, C
4
H
6
0.441 0.642
Nitrous Oxide, N
2
O 0.633 0.762
Ethylene Oxide, C
2
H
4
O 0.469 0.620
Ethyl Alcohol, C
2
H
5
OH 0.590 0.685
Isopropyl Alcohol
*
, C
3
H
7
OH
0.492 0.644
Acetone, C
3
H
6
O 0.406 0.557
Methyl Chloride, CH
3
Cl 0.377 0.530
Ethyl Chloride, C
2
H
5
Cl 0.391 0.540
Vinyl Chloride, C
2
H
3
Cl 0.443 0.551
Freon-11, CCl
3
F 0.286 0.368
Freon-12, CCl
2
F
2
0.344 0.442
Freon-22, CHClF
2
0.388 0.474
Freon-113, C
2
Cl
3
F
3
0.277 0.369
Hydrogen Chloride, HCl 0.520 0.517
Hydrogen Fluoride, HF 0.654 0.959
*Consult GE