Cryogenic Material Properties Calculators

This page provides a few calculator tools for richer inspection of the data contained in the Cryogenic Material Property Database. Please use the buttons below to explore the various capabilities:

Property Comparator

Credit:

• Calculator originally designed by Arya D. Keni (2018 NIST Associate; Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai, India; Present address (2020): Penn State University, USA)
• Implemented and integrated by Joshua Taillon (NIST Office of Data and Informatics )

The following calculator will compute (from the material property database) the specified cryogenic property at a given temperature. The first few options in the dropdown menu (All Materials) will show the value of the specified property at that temperature for every material in the Cryogenic Material Property database for comparison purposes.

Please be sure to enter a temperature value only within the specified range for each material and property combination. Values calculated outside the range will be inaccurate, as the data cannot be reliably extrapolated.

Instructions

Please select the material(s) and property of interest from the dropdown menu and enter the desired temperature (in K, within the specified range) to query:

Material / Property:	All Materials - All Properties All Materials - Thermal Conductivity (TC): Units (W/m-K) All Materials - Specific Heat(SH): Units (J/kg-K) All Materials - Linear Expansion(LE): Units (10^5 m/m) All Materials - Young's Modulus(YM): Units (GPa) All Materials - Expansion Coefficient(EC): Units – EC (10^-6/K) – Aluminum 1100 (UNS A91100) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Aluminum 3003-F (UNS A93003) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Aluminum 3003-F (UNS A93003) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Aluminum 3003-F (UNS A93003) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Aluminum 5083-O (UNS A95083) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1% Uncertainty) Aluminum 5083-O (UNS A95083) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1% Uncertainty) Aluminum 5083-O (UNS A95083) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 0 to 300 K (1% Uncertainty) Aluminum 5083-O (UNS A95083) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1% Uncertainty) Aluminum 6061-T6 (UNS A96061) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (0.5% Uncertainty) Aluminum 6061-T6 (UNS A96061) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (0.5% Uncertainty) Aluminum 6061-T6 (UNS A96061) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 0 to 299 K (0.5% Uncertainty) Aluminum 6061-T6 (UNS A96061) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (0.5% Uncertainty) Aluminum 6063-T5 (UNS A96063) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 295 K (2% Uncertainty) Apiezon N – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 1 to 200 K (2% Uncertainty) Balsa – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 88 to 300 K den(6 ft/lb3) (1.5% Uncertainty) Balsa – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 88 to 300 K den(11 ft/lb3) (1.5% Uncertainty) Beechwood/phenolic – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 92 to 300 K grain direction (1% Uncertainty) Beechwood/phenolic – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 92 to 300 K flatwise (1% Uncertainty) Beechwood/phenolic – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 77 to 293 K unidirectional flatwise (0.57% Uncertainty) Beechwood/phenolic – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 77 to 293 K unidirectional grain (0.54% Uncertainty) Beechwood/phenolic – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 77 to 293 K cross laminate grain (0.89% Uncertainty) Beryllium – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 10 to 284 K (3% Uncertainty) Beryllium – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 75 to 500 K (//a axis) (1% Uncertainty) Beryllium – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 75 to 500 K (//c axis) (1% Uncertainty) Beryllium – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 75 to 500 K (Polycrystalline) (1% Uncertainty) Beryllium Copper – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 2 to 80 K (2% Uncertainty) Beryllium Copper – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 24 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Brass (UNS C2600) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 5 to 116 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (RRR=50) (2% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (RRR=100) (1% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (RRR=150) (2% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (RRR=300) (1% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (RRR=500) (2% Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (10% when T < 15K; 5% when T ≥ 15K Uncertainty) Copper (OFHC) (UNS C10100/ C10200) – EC (10^-6/K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (10% when T < 50K; 5% when T ≥ 50K Uncertainty) Fiberglass Epoxy G-10 – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (Normal Direction) (5% Uncertainty) Fiberglass Epoxy G-10 – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (warp Direction) (5% Uncertainty) Fiberglass Epoxy G-10 – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Fiberglass Epoxy G-10 – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (Normal Direction) (1.5% Uncertainty) Fiberglass Epoxy G-10 – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (warp Direction) (2% Uncertainty) Glass Fabric-polyester – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 38 to 300 K (He warp Direction) (1% Uncertainty) Glass Fabric-polyester – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 80 to 300 K (N2 warp Direction) (1% Uncertainty) Glass Fabric-polyester – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 84 to 300 K (N2 Normal Direction) (2% Uncertainty) Glass Fabric-polyester – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 80 to 293 K (Normal Direction) (2% Uncertainty) Glass Fabric-polyester – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 80 to 293 K (warp Direction) (2% Uncertainty) Glass mat/epoxy – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 77 to 293 K (Chopped Strand mat) (2% Uncertainty) Glass mat/epoxy – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 77 to 293 K (Continuous Strand) (2% Uncertainty) Inconel 718 (UNS N107718) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 6 to 275 K (2% Uncertainty) Inconel 718 (UNS N107718) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.1% Uncertainty) Indium – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 1 to 300 K (3% Uncertainty) Invar (Fe-36Ni) (UNS K93600) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Invar (Fe-36Ni) (UNS K93600) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 20 K (2% Uncertainty) Invar (Fe-36Ni) (UNS K93600) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 1 to 298 K (1% Uncertainty) Invar (Fe-36Ni) (UNS K93600) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 80 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Kevlar-49 Fiber – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 0 to 350 K (3.1% Uncertainty) Kevlar-49 Composite – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 0 to 350 K (7.4% Uncertainty) Lead – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 296 K (2% Uncertainty) Molybdenum – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 2 to 373 K (3% Uncertainty) Molybdenum – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 20 to 500 K (4% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 2.25 Ni – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 2.25 Ni – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 60 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 2.25 Ni – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 0 to 297 K (1% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 2.25 Ni – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 3.25 Ni (UNS S20103) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 3.25 Ni (UNS S20103) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 60 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 3.25 Ni (UNS S20103) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 0 to 298 K (1% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 3.25 Ni (UNS S20103) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 5.0 Ni (UNS S20153) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 5.0 Ni (UNS S20153) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 60 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 5.0 Ni (UNS S20153) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 0 to 297 K (1% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 5.0 Ni (UNS S20153) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 9.0 Ni (UNS S21800) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 9.0 Ni (UNS S21800) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 60 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 9.0 Ni (UNS S21800) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 1 to 298 K (1% Uncertainty) Nickel Steel Fe 9.0 Ni (UNS S21800) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Platinum – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 3 to 298 K (3% Uncertainty) Platinum – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 1 to 296 K (3% Uncertainty) Polyamide (Nylon) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Polyamide (Nylon) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (4% Uncertainty) Polyamide (Nylon) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1% Uncertainty) Polyethylene Terephthalate (Mylar) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 2 to 83 K (1% Uncertainty) Polyimide – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Polyimide – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (3% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 90 to 300 K (density: 31.88 kg/m^3 = 1.99 lb/ft^3) (2% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 33 to 300 K (density: 32.04 kg/m^3 = 2.0 lb/ft^3) (2% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 7 to 300 K (density: 49.98 kg/m^3 = 3.12 lb/ft^3) (2% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (density: 99.96 kg/m^3 = 6.24 lb/ft^3) (3% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 99.96 kg/m^3 = 6.24 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 9.93 kg/m^3 = .062 lb/ft^3) (1.5% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 60.07 kg/m^3 = 3.75 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 105 K (density: 51.42 kg/m^3 = 3.21 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 105 to 278 K (density: 51.42 kg/m^3 = 3.21 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 102 K (density: 102.2 kg/m^3 = 6.38 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polystyrene – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 102 to 286 K (density: 102.2 kg/m^3 = 6.38 lb/ft^3) (2% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 76 to 300 K (density: 31.88 kg/m^3 = 1.99 lb/ft^3) Freon Filled (2% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 32.04 kg/m^3 = 2.0 lb/ft^3) CO2 Filled (1% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 30 to 300 K (density: 49.02 kg/m^3 = 3.06 lb/ft^3) He Filled (1% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 88 to 300 K (density: 64.08 kg/m^3 = 4.00 lb/ft^3) Freon Filled (2% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (density: 49.02 kg/m^3 = 3.06 lb/ft^3) He Filled (1% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 389.25 kg/m^3 = 24.3 lb/ft^3) Air Filled (2% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 20 to 275 K (density: 32.04 kg/m^3 = 2.0 lb/ft^3) (1.5% Uncertainty) Polyurethane – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 20 to 293 K (density: 64.07 kg/m^3 = 4.0 lb/ft^3) (1% Uncertainty) Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 100 to 300 K (density: 20.02 kg/m^3 = 1.25 lb/ft^3) Air Filled Gas (2% Uncertainty) Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 125 to 300 K (density: 56.06 kg/m^3 = 3.5 lb/ft^3) CO2 Blown (2% Uncertainty) Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 10 to 300 K (density: 48.05 kg/m^3 = 3.0 lb/ft^3) CO2 Filled (2% Uncertainty) Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 280 K; CO2 Filled (1% Uncertainty) Sapphire – EC (10^-6/K) – Equation Range: Equation Range: 5 to 80 K (3% Uncertainty) Sapphire – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 20 to 293 K (4% Uncertainty) Silicon – EC (10^-8/K) – Equation Range: 0 to 600 K (0.03x10^-8/K Uncertainty below 50K and 0.5x10^-8/K Uncertainty above 50K) Stainless Steel 304 (UNS S30400) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304 (UNS S30400) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304 (UNS S30400) – YM1 (GPa) – Equation Range: 5 to 57 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304 (UNS S30400) – YM2 (GPa) – Equation Range: 57 to 293 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304 (UNS S30400) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304L (UNS S30403) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304L (UNS S30403) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 20 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 304L (UNS S30403) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 310 (UNS S31000) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 310 (UNS S31000) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2.5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 310 (UNS S31000) – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2.5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 310 (UNS S31000) – YM (GPa) – Equation Range: 5 to 295 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 310 (UNS S31000) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – SH1 (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – SH2 (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – YM1 (GPa) – Equation Range: 5 to 60 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – YM2 (GPa) – Equation Range: 48 to 294 K (1% Uncertainty) Stainless Steel 316 (UNS S31600) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Teflon – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (5% Uncertainty) Teflon – SH (J/kg-K) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Teflon – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 4 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Ti-6Al-4V (UNS R56400) – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 23 to 300 K (2% Uncertainty) Ti-6Al-4V (UNS R56400) – LE (10^-5 m/m) – Equation Range: 24 to 300 K (1.5% Uncertainty) Titanium 15-3-3-3 – TC (W/m-K) – Equation Range: 1.4 to 300 K (3% Uncertainty)
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Property abbreviations:

Abbreviation	Quantity	Units
TC	Thermal Conductivity	W/m-K
SH	Specific Heat	J/kg-K
LE	Linear Expansion	10-5 m/m
YM	Young's Modulus	GPa
EC	Expansion Coefficient	10-6/K