Ultimate Emissivity Table
Ultimate Emissivity Table
Ultimate Emissivity Table
Emissivity Emissivity
Material Material
Value Value
Adobe 0.90 Asphalt: Tar Paper 0.93
Alloy: 20Ni-25Cr-55Fe, oxidized 0.90 - 0.97 Asphalt: Oil, on polished metal .001" Thick 0.27
Alloy: 60Ni-12Cr-28Fe, oxidized 0.82 - 0.89
Asphalt: Oil, on polished metal .002" Thick 0.46
Alloy: 80Ni-20Cr, oxidized 0.87 - 0.89
Alloy: 24ST 0.09 Asphalt: Oil, on polished metal .005" Thick 0.72
Shellac: Black Matte 0.91 Stainless Steel: type 310, rolled 0.56 - 0.81
Silica: Powder 0.35 - 0.60 Stainless Steel: type 321 0.27 - 0.32
Silica: Glazed 0.85 Stainless Steel: type 321, polished 0.18 - 0.49
Silica: Unglazed 0.75 Stainless Steel: type 321, with BK oxide 0.66 - 0.76
Silica: (98 Si 02, Fe-free effect of grain size, Stainless Steel: type 347, oxidized 0.87 - 0.91
0.42 - 0.62
microns Stainless Steel: type 350 0.18 - 0.27
Silicone Carbide 0.80 - 0.96 Stainless Steel: type 350, polished 0.11 - 0.35
Silk 0.80 Stainless Steel: type 17-7 PH 0.44-0.51
Silk Cloth 0.78 Stainless Steel: type 17-7 PH, polished 0.09 - 0.16
Silver: Polished 0.01 - 0.052 Stainless Steel: type C1020, oxidized 0.87 - 0.91
Silver: Cleaned polished 0.02 - 0.03 Stainless Steel: type PH-15-7 MO 0.07 - 0.19
Silver: Unoxidized 0.02 - 0.035 Stainless Steel: Allegheny metal No. 4,
0.13
Silver: Plate, 0.0005 on Ni 0.06 - 0.07 polished
Stainless Steel: Allegheny metal No. 66,
Slate 0.67 - 0.80 0.11
polished
Snow 0.80 - 1.00 Steel: Alloyed: 8%Ni, 18%Cr 0.35
Snow: Fine Particles 0.82 Steel: Aluminized 0.79
Snow: Granular 0.89 Steel: Dull Nickel Plated 0.11
Soil: Dry 0.90 - 0.95 Steel: Cast, polished 0.52 - 0.56
Soil: Wet 0.95 - 1.00 Steel: Calorized, oxidized 0.52 - 0.57
Soil: Surface/Plowed Field 0.38 Steel: Galvanized, old 0.88
Soil: Black Loam 0.66 Steel: Galvanized, new 0.23
Soot: Acetylene 0.97 Steel: Unoxidized 0.08 - 0.1
Soot: Camphor 0.94 Steel: Oxidized 0.79 - 0.80
Soot: Candle 0.950 - 0.952 Steel: Polished 0.07
Soot: Coal 0.95 Steel: Polished Sheet 0.07 - 0.14
Stainless Steel: Polished 0.075 Steel: Cold Rolled 0.66 - 0.90
Stainless Steel: Weathered 0.85 Steel: Ground Sheet 0.40 - 0.61
Stainless Steel: type 18-8, Buffed 0.16 Steel: Flat, Rough surface 0.95 - 0.98
Stainless Steel: type 18-8, polished 0.10 - 0.19 Steel: Sheet Steel, Strong, Rough Oxide Layer 0.80
Stainless Steel: type 18-8, oxidized 0.45 - 0.95 Steel: Sheet with Shiny layer of oxide 0.82
Stainless Steel: type 18-8, oxidized at 800oC 0.85 Steel: Molten Steel 0.25 - 0.53
Stainless Steel: type 18-8, Sandblasted 0.44 Steel: Molten Mild Steel 0.28
Stainless Steel: type 301 0.54 - 0.63 Steel: Molten Steel, various with 0.25-1.2%:
0.27 - 0.39
Stainless Steel: type 301, polished 0.27 - 0.57 slightly oxidized surfaces
Steel: Molten Steel, unoxidized 0.28
Emissivity Emissivity
Material Material
Value Value
Steel: Steel Plate, Rough, 0.94, 0.97, 0.57 0.57 - 0.97 Titanium: Oxidized 0.50 - 0.60
Steel: Mild 0.20 - 0.32 Tungsten: Unoxidized 0.02 - 0.60
Steel: Mild, polished 0.10 Tungsten: Filament 0.30 - 0.39
Steel: Mild, smooth 0.12 Tungsten: Filament, aged 0.03 - 0.35
Steel: Mild, liquid 0.28 Tungsten: Polished 0.04
Stellite: Polished 0.18 Turbojet Engine Operating 0.90
Stonework 0.93 Uranium Oxide 0.79
Tantalum: Unoxidized 0.14 - 0.30 Varnish: Snow White Enamel on rough iron
0.906
plate
Tantalum: Filament 0.19 - 0.31
Wallpaper: Light Grey Pattern 0.85
Tantalum: Thorium Oxide 0.36 - 0.58
Water 0.67
Tantalum: Oxidized 0.6
Waterglass 0.96
Textiles, close weave 0.70 - 0.95
Water: Seawater 0.90 - 0.98
Textiles, died black 0.98
Wood 0.80-0.90
Thoria 0.28
Wood: Planed 0.80 - 0.98
Tiles 0.80 - 0.97
Wood: Spruce, sanded 0.82 - 0.89
Tin: Unoxidized 0.04 - 0.30
Wood: Beech Planed 0.935 - 0.940
Tin: Commercial tin-plated sheet iron 0.07 - 0.08
Zinc: Tarnished 0.25
Tinned Iron: Bright 0.05 - 0.08
Zinc: Polished 0.02 - 0.06
Titanium: Polished 0.10 - 0.30
Zinc: Oxidized 0.10 - 0.11
Titanium: Alloy C110M, polished 0.08 - 0.19
Zinc: Galvanized 0.20 - 0.30
Titanium: Alloy C110M, oxidized at
0.51 - 0.61 Zinc: Bright, galvanized 0.23
538oC/1000oF
Titanium: Alloy Ti-95A, oxidized at Zinc: Commercial 99.1% 0.05
0.35 - 0.48
538oC/1000oF Zirconium Silicate 0.52 - 0.92
Titanium: Anodized onto SS 0.82 - 0.96
Sources:
https://www.optotherm.com/emiss-table.htm
http://www-
eng.lbl.gov/~dw/projects/DW4229_LHC_detector_analysis/calculations/emissivity2.pdf
https://www.instrumart.com/pages/209/metals-emissivity-table
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/emissivity-coefficients-d_447.html
https://www.omega.com/temperature/Z/pdf/z088-089.pdf