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Dairy Product Thermal Properties


Product Freezing Temperature (°C) Specific Heat Above Freezing (kJ/kg°C) Specific Heat Below Freezing (kJ/kg°C) Latent Heat (kJ/kg)
Butter -5 1.38 53
Butter, frozen -5 1.05
Cheese, blue -16 2.68 1.35 135
Cheese, cottage 3.65 1.86 2.65
Cheese, cream 2.95 1.45 170
Cheese, Camembert 2.05 1.04 55
Cheese, Cheddar -12 2.10 1.30 126
Cheese, Swiss -10 2.6 1.35 130
Cream, double -2 3.69 1.85 270
Cream, whipped -2 3.1 1.55 190
Cream, frozen 1.7
Cream, single -2 3.27 242
Eggs, yolk dried 1.55 0.77 9
Eggs, shell -2 3.55 1.74 243
Eggs, white -0.5 3.9 1.94 290
Eggs, white dried 1.9 0.95 31
Eggs, whole dried 1.8 0.89 13
Eggs, whole -2 3.55 1.76 246
Eggs, yolk -0.5 2.95 1.5 170
Ice cream 3.2 1.63 207
Milk, dried 1.75 0.88
Milk, skimmed -0.5 3.9 1.95 304
Milk, condensed -15 2.4 1.19 93
Milk, evaporated -2 3.5 1.7 246
Milk, pasteurized -0.5 3.8 1.9 290
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