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Thermal conductivity of saturated steam vs temperature

Thermal conductivity in W/(m·K), from 100 to 200 °C along the saturation curve. The chart and the table below are the same numbers; the table is the one you can copy.

Thermal conductivity W/(m·K)
Thermal conductivity of saturated steam in W/(m·K), from 100 to 200 °C100 °C — 0.0248 W/(m·K)150 °C — 0.0288 W/(m·K)200 °C — 0.0333 W/(m·K)0.0250.0260.0270.0280.0290.030.0310.0320.033100110120130140150160170180190200Temperature (°C)Thermal conductivity (W/(m·K))
Saturated steam — everything else at 150 °C (default)
Density2.548 kg/m³
Vapour pressure476.16 kPa
Latent heat of vaporisation2,113.7 kJ/kg
Dynamic viscosity0.01419 mPa·s
Specific heat2.314 kJ/(kg·K)
Thermal conductivity by temperature
Temperature (°C)Thermal conductivity (W/(m·K))Row
1000.0248published
1100.025592interpolated
1200.026376interpolated
1300.027164interpolated
1400.027968interpolated
1500.0288published
1600.029668interpolated
1700.030564interpolated
1800.031476interpolated
1900.032392interpolated
2000.0333published

Rows marked published land exactly on a source anchor and are the tabulated figure. The rest are this library’s interpolation between the two anchors either side — good enough to design with, and said out loud so you can decide that for yourself.

IAPWS-95 / ASME Steam Tables · validated 100 to 200 °C · interpolated between 3 published anchors (values held, not extrapolated, past the ends) · saturated state only