Input interpretation
platinum metals | sound speed
Summary
median | 4800 m/s highest | 5970 m/s (ruthenium) lowest | 2680 m/s (platinum) distribution |
Units
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 6 | platinum | | 0.4489 | 1 5 | palladium | | 0.514 | 1.146 4 | rhodium | | 0.79 | 1.8 3 | iridium | | 0.808 | 1.8 2 | osmium | | 0.827 | 1.843 1 | ruthenium | | 1 | 2.228
Sound speed rankings
1 | platinum | 2680 m/s 2 | palladium | 3070 m/s 3 | rhodium | 4700 m/s 4 | iridium | 4825 m/s 5 | osmium | 4940 m/s 6 | ruthenium | 5970 m/s
Unit conversions for median sound speed 4800 m/s
4.8 km/s (kilometers per second)
10700 mph (miles per hour)
178 mi/min (miles per minute)
3 mi/s (miles per second)
290 km/min (kilometers per minute)
17100 km/h (kilometers per hour)
Comparisons for median sound speed 4800 m/s
≈ (0.6 to 0.8) × speed of seismic P-waves ( 6 to 8 km/s )
≈ (0.9 to 1.2) × speed of sound in glass ( 3956 to 5640 m/s )
≈ 1.1 × speed of sound in brick ( 4176 m/s )