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Superheated Steam Table — 120 bar (12 MPa)

Specific volume, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, density and isobaric specific heat of superheated steam at 120 bar (12 MPa), computed from IAPWS-IF97 — the same formulation the SimuPipe solver uses. Rows run from the saturation temperature (324.68 °C) to 800 °C in 20 °C steps.

Superheated steam properties at 120 bar (12 MPa) from IAPWS-IF97
T (°C)v (m³/kg)ρ (kg/m³)u (kJ/kg)h (kJ/kg)s (kJ/kg·K)cp (kJ/kg·K)
324.68Sat.0.01426970.08222514.42685.65.49418.8189
3400.01621161.68562598.92793.55.67255.8968
3600.01812355.17992678.42895.95.83694.5309
3800.01970850.74172742.62979.15.96643.8563
4000.02110847.37612798.63051.96.07623.4551
4200.02238744.66952849.63118.26.17333.1912
4400.02358042.40902897.13180.16.26133.0071
4600.02470940.47082942.33238.86.34252.8737
4800.02578938.77622985.83295.26.41852.7748
5000.02683037.27213028.03350.06.49022.7002
5200.02783935.92123069.33403.46.55842.6432
5400.02882234.69633109.93455.86.62372.5993
5600.02978233.57693150.03507.46.68642.5654
5800.03072532.54713189.83558.46.74692.5391
6000.03165131.59453229.23609.06.80552.5188
6200.03256430.70913268.53659.26.86242.5033
6400.03346429.88273307.63709.26.91772.4917
6600.03435429.10863346.73758.96.97162.4832
6800.03523528.38123385.73808.57.02412.4773
7000.03610727.69553424.73858.07.07562.4737
7200.03697227.04773463.83907.57.12592.4720
7400.03783026.43413503.03956.97.17512.4718
7600.03868225.85183542.24006.47.22352.4731
7800.03952925.29803581.54055.97.27092.4756
8000.04037124.77053621.04105.47.31752.4793
Reading this table

u is not tabulated independently. Specific internal energy follows from the enthalpy and specific volume as u = h − p·v, with p in MPa and v in m³/kg (1 MPa·m³/kg = 1000 kJ/kg). At 120 bar (12 MPa) that pressure term is worth 484.4 kJ/kg at 800 °C, so u and h are far apart at high pressure and nearly equal at low pressure — a common source of error when the wrong column is read.

The first row is saturated vapour, at 324.68 °C. Below that temperature at 120 bar (12 MPa) the water is a liquid or a two-phase mixture, and this table does not apply — use the saturated tables instead.

Values are IAPWS-IF97, not interpolated. Every row is evaluated directly from the industrial formulation at that exact temperature, so there is no interpolation error between rows. If you need a temperature between the 20 °C steps, the calculator computes it exactly.

Superheated tables at other pressures