Both are temperature units. K are Kelvins and C are degrees Celcius.
Kelvins are in absolute values, 0K = absolute 0, about -273 degrees C.
Since the magnitude of a Kelvin and a degree C are the same, it will make no
difference for Specific Heat values.
-Russ
"John Gaubatz" wrote in message
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> I have been trying to build a new material into the materials library, and
> have run into some stumbling blocks. I have been trying to get the
required
> information to build the material from matweb data base and all but 3
> properties to complete the new material have been found there. The
material
> I am building is ASTM-682 ASS 1050 Steel. Two of the areas I cannot find
at
> matweb are Poisson's Ratio and the correct units for Specific Heat
> (J/(kg*K)). Inventor shows the units as (J/kg*K), where K is the main
> difference. Does anyone know what the difference is between C and K? How
do
> I find information on poisson's ration for the new material? For the
Linear
> Expansion, matweb has listed 3 different temp ranges, 20, 250 and 500
> degrees. Anyone have any idea which range should be used? Does the range
> depend of the application?
>
> TIAFAH
> John
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> John Gaubatz
> Raven Industries, Inc.
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