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Properties of Metals

 

Metal
Thermal Conductiviy
BTU/hr-ft
Specific Gravity
Electrical Resistivity
(10-6 ohm cm)
Linear Expansion Coefficient
per degree F (10-6)
Melting Point (F)
Aluminum
137
2.7
2.655
14
1220
Antimony
10.7
6.69
41.8
5
1170
Beryllium
126
1.85
4.0
6.7
2345
Bismuth
4.9
9.75
115
7.2
521
Cadmium
54
8.65
7.4
17
610
Chromium
52
7.2
13
3.3
3380
Cobalt
40
8.9
9
6.7
2723
Copper
230
8.96
1.673
9.2
1983
Gold
182
19.32
2.35
7.9
1945
Iridium
85
22.42
5.3
3.3
4440
Iron
46.4
7.87
9.7
6.7
2797
Lead
20
11.35
20.6
16
621
Magnesium
91.9
1.74
4.45
14
1200
Mercury
4.85
13.55
98.4
12
-38
Molybdenum
81
10.22
5.2
3.0
4750
Nickel
52
8.9
6.85
7.4
2647
Niobium
30
8.57
13
3.9
4473
Osmium
35
22.57
9
2.8
5477
Platinum
42
21.45
10.5
5
3220
Plutonium
4.6
19.84
141.4
30
1180
Potassium
57.8
0.86
7.01
46
146
Rhodium
86.7
12.41
4.6
4.4
3569
Selenium
0.3
4.8
12
21
423
Silicon
48.3
2.33
100000
2.8
2572
Silver
247
10.5
1.59
11
1760
Sodium
77.5
0.97
4.2
39
208
Tantalum
31
16.6
12.4
3.6
5400
Thorium
24
11.7
18
6.7
3180
Tin
37
7.31
11
11
450
Titanium
12
4.54
43
4.7
3040
Tungsten
103
19.3
5.65
2.5
6150
Uranium
14
18.8
30
7.4
2070
Vanadium
35
6.1
25
4.4
3450
Zinc
66.5
7
5.92
19
787

 

 

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