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Thermal conductivity of water vs temperature

Thermal conductivity in W/(m·K), from 0 to 100 °C. 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 water in W/(m·K), from 0 to 100 °C0 °C — 0.561 W/(m·K)10 °C — 0.58 W/(m·K)20 °C — 0.5984 W/(m·K)25 °C — 0.6072 W/(m·K)30 °C — 0.6155 W/(m·K)40 °C — 0.6305 W/(m·K)50 °C — 0.6435 W/(m·K)60 °C — 0.6544 W/(m·K)70 °C — 0.6631 W/(m·K)80 °C — 0.67 W/(m·K)90 °C — 0.6753 W/(m·K)100 °C — 0.6791 W/(m·K)0.570.580.590.60.610.620.630.640.650.660.670102030405060708090100Temperature (°C)Thermal conductivity (W/(m·K))
Water — everything else at 20 °C (default)
Density998.2 kg/m³
Dynamic viscosity1.0016 mPa·s
Specific heat4.1844 kJ/(kg·K)
Vapour pressure2.3296 kPa
Latent heat of vaporisation2,453.5 kJ/kg
Thermal conductivity by temperature
Temperature (°C)Thermal conductivity (W/(m·K))Row
00.561published
100.58published
200.5984published
300.6155published
400.6305published
500.6435published
600.6544published
700.6631published
800.67published
900.6753published
1000.6791published

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.

Kell (1975) density on ITS-90; IAPWS 2008 viscosity; IAPWS-95 for cp, k and hfg; Antoine for vapour pressure · validated 0 to 100 °C · interpolated between 12 published anchors (values held, not extrapolated, past the ends)