Specific Heat Capacity of some common Substances

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Specific heat of wet mud, granite, sandy clay, quarts sand and more

Substance	Specific Heat Capacity - c_p -
Substance	(cal/gram^oC)	(J/kg^oC)
Air, dry (sea level)	0.24	1005
Asphalt	0.22	920
Bone	0.11	440
Ice (0^oC)	0.50	2093
Granite	0.19	790
Sandy clay	0.33	1381
Quartz sand	0.19	830
Water, pure	1.00	4186
Wet mud	0.60	2512
Wood	0.41	1700

1 calorie = 4.186 joules = 0.001 Btu/lb_m^oF
1 cal/gram^oC = 4186 J/kg^oC

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