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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 5.155<br />

TABLE 5.26<br />

Thermal Conductivity of Various Solids (Continued)<br />

Substance t, C k<br />

Quartz, perpendicular <strong>to</strong> axis 0 72.43<br />

100 55.77<br />

Plastics, see Section 10<br />

Roofingpaper 0 1.90<br />

Rubber, natural and synthetic, see Section 10<br />

Sand, dry 20 3.89<br />

Sands<strong>to</strong>ne, sp. grav. 2.259 40 18.37<br />

Silk, sp. grav. 0.101 0 0.510<br />

Slate 20 19.66<br />

Soil, dry 20 1.38<br />

Wax, bees 20 0.866<br />

Wood, maple, parallel <strong>to</strong> face 20 4.25<br />

perpendicular <strong>to</strong> face 50 1.82<br />

Wood, oak, parallel <strong>to</strong> face 15 3.49<br />

perpendicular <strong>to</strong> face 15 2.09<br />

Wood, pine, parallel <strong>to</strong> face 20 3.49<br />

perpendicular <strong>to</strong> face 15 1.51<br />

5.9 MISCELLANY<br />

TABLE 5.27<br />

Compressibility of Water<br />

In the table below are given the relative volumes of water at various temperatures and pressures. The volume at<br />

0C and one normal atmosphere (760 mm of Hg) is taken as unity.<br />

P, atm 10C. 0C. 10C. 20C. 40C. 60C. 80C.<br />

1 1.0017 1.0000 1.0001 1.0016 1.0076 1.0168 1.0287<br />

500 0.9788 0.9767 0.9778 0.9804 0.9867 0.9967 1.0071<br />

1000 0.9581 0.9566 0.9591 0.9619 0.9689 0.9780 0.9884<br />

1500 0.9399 0.9394 0.9424 0.9456 0.9529 0.9617 0.9717<br />

2000 0.9223 0.9241 0.9277 0.9312 0.9386 0.9472 0.9568<br />

2500 0.9083 0.9112 0.9147 0.9183 0.9257 0.9343 0.9437<br />

3000 0.8962 0.8993 0.9028 0.9065 0.9139 0.9225 0.9315<br />

3500 0.8852 0.8884 0.8919 0.8956 0.9030 0.9115 0.9203<br />

4000 0.8751 0.8783 0.8818 0.8855 0.8931 0.9012 0.9097<br />

4500 0.8658 0.8692 0.8725 0.8762 0.8838 0.8919 0.9001<br />

5000 0.8573 0.8606 0.8639 0.8675 0.8752 0.8832 0.8913<br />

6000 ...... 0.8452 0.8481 0.8517 0.8595 0.8674 0.8752<br />

7000 ...... ...... 0.8340 0.8374 0.8456 0.8534 0.8610<br />

8000 ...... ...... ...... 0.8244 0.8330 0.8408 0.8483<br />

9000 ...... ...... ...... 0.8128 0.8219 0.8297 0.8371<br />

10000 ...... ...... ...... 0.8027 0.8119 0.8196 0.8268<br />

11000 ...... ...... ...... ...... 0.8023 0.8101 0.8172<br />

12000 ...... ...... ...... ...... 0.7931 0.8009 0.8080

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