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Density of dry air vs temperature

Density in kg/m³, from -50 to 300 °C. The chart and the table below are the same numbers; the table is the one you can copy.

Density kg/m³
Density of dry air in kg/m³, from -50 to 300 °C0.70.80.911.11.21.31.41.5-40-20020406080100120140160180200220240260280300Temperature (°C)Density (kg/m³)
Dry air — everything else at 20 °C (default)
Dynamic viscosity0.018133 mPa·s
Specific heat1.0068 kJ/(kg·K)
Thermal conductivity0.025706 W/(m·K)
Density by temperature
Temperature (°C)Density (kg/m³)
-501.5818
-251.4225
01.2923
251.1839
501.0923
751.0139
1000.94596
1250.88656
1500.83418
1750.78765
2000.74603
2250.70859
2500.67473
2750.64395
3000.61587

Ideal gas law with R = 287.0528 J/(kg·K); Sutherland (1893) viscosity; Incropera, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, Table A.4 for cp and k · validated -50 to 300 °C · closed-form correlation, no interpolation table behind it