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Engineering ToolBox > Methanol - Thermophysical Properties
Methanol (methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naptha or wood spirits) is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3OH. Thermophysical properties for temperatures ranging -50-150 oC are indicated in the table below.
| Temperature (oC) | Latent Heat (kJ/kg) | Liquid Density (kg/m3) | Vapor Density (kg/m3) | Liquid Thermal Conductivity (W/moC) | Liquid Viscosity (cP) | Vapor Viscosity 102 (cP) | Vapor Pressure (bars) | Vapor Specific Heat (kJ/kgoC) | Liquid Surface Tension 102 (N/m) |
| -50 | 1194 | 844 | 0.01 | 0.210 | 1.700 | 0.72 | 0.01 | 1.20 | 3.26 |
| -30 | 1187 | 834 | 0.01 | 0.208 | 1.300 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 1.27 | 2.95 |
| -10 | 1182 | 819 | 0.04 | 0.206 | 0.945 | 0.85 | 0.04 | 1.34 | 2.63 |
| 10 | 1175 | 801 | 0.12 | 0.204 | 0.701 | 0.91 | 0.10 | 1.40 | 2.36 |
| 30 | 1155 | 782 | 0.31 | 0.203 | 0.521 | 0.98 | 0.25 | 1.47 | 2.18 |
| 50 | 1125 | 764 | 0.77 | 0.202 | 0.399 | 1.04 | 0.55 | 1.54 | 2.01 |
| 70 | 1085 | 746 | 1.47 | 0.201 | 0.314 | 1.11 | 1.31 | 1.61 | 1.85 |
| 90 | 1035 | 724 | 3.01 | 0.199 | 0.259 | 1.19 | 2.69 | 1.79 | 1.66 |
| 110 | 980 | 704 | 5.64 | 0.197 | 0.211 | 1.26 | 4.98 | 1.92 | 1.46 |
| 130 | 920 | 685 | 9.81 | 0.195 | 0.166 | 1.31 | 7.86 | 1.92 | 1.25 |
| 150 | 850 | 653 | 15.9 | 0.193 | 0.138 | 1.38 | 8.94 | 1.92 | 1.04 |