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Dynamic viscosity of water vs temperature

Dynamic viscosity in mPa·s, from 0 to 100 °C. The chart and the table below are the same numbers; the table is the one you can copy.

Dynamic viscosity mPa·s
Dynamic viscosity of water in mPa·s, from 0 to 100 °C0 °C — 1.791 mPa·s5 °C — 1.518 mPa·s10 °C — 1.306 mPa·s15 °C — 1.137 mPa·s20 °C — 1.002 mPa·s25 °C — 0.89 mPa·s30 °C — 0.7972 mPa·s35 °C — 0.7191 mPa·s40 °C — 0.6527 mPa·s45 °C — 0.5958 mPa·s50 °C — 0.5465 mPa·s55 °C — 0.5036 mPa·s60 °C — 0.466 mPa·s65 °C — 0.4329 mPa·s70 °C — 0.4035 mPa·s75 °C — 0.3774 mPa·s80 °C — 0.354 mPa·s85 °C — 0.333 mPa·s90 °C — 0.3141 mPa·s95 °C — 0.2969 mPa·s100 °C — 0.2814 mPa·s0.40.60.811.21.41.60102030405060708090100Temperature (°C)Dynamic viscosity (mPa·s)
Water — everything else at 20 °C (default)
Density998.2 kg/m³
Specific heat4.1844 kJ/(kg·K)
Thermal conductivity0.5984 W/(m·K)
Vapour pressure2.3296 kPa
Latent heat of vaporisation2,453.5 kJ/kg
Dynamic viscosity by temperature
Temperature (°C)Dynamic viscosity (mPa·s)Row
01.7914published
101.3059published
201.0016published
300.7972published
400.6527published
500.5465published
600.466published
700.4035published
800.354published
900.3141published
1000.2814published

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 21 published anchors (values held, not extrapolated, past the ends)