Input interpretation
metallic elements | bulk modulus
Summary
median | 46 GPa highest | 380 GPa (rhodium) lowest | 1.6 GPa (cesium) distribution | | (based on 59 values; 35 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
gallium | strontium | zirconium | technetium | indium | osmium | polonium | francium | radium | actinium | ... (total: 35)
Distribution plots
(bulk modulus in gigapascals)
Bulk modulus rankings
1 | cesium | 1.6 GPa 2 | rubidium | 2.5 GPa 3 | potassium | 3.1 GPa 4 | sodium | 6.3 GPa 5 | europium | 8.3 GPa 6 | barium | 9.6 GPa 7 | lithium | 11 GPa 8 | calcium | 17 GPa 9 | cerium | 22 GPa 10 | arsenic | 22 GPa ⋮ | | 50 | cobalt | 180 GPa 51 | tantalum | 200 GPa 52 | gold | 220 GPa 53 | ruthenium | 220 GPa 54 | platinum | 230 GPa 55 | molybdenum | 230 GPa 56 | tungsten | 310 GPa 57 | iridium | 320 GPa 58 | rhenium | 370 GPa 59 | rhodium | 380 GPa (based on 59 values; 35 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median bulk modulus 46 GPa
0.046 TPa (terapascals)
4.6×10^10 Pa (pascals)
4.6×10^10 N/m^2 (newtons per square meter)
450000 atm (atmospheres) (unit officially deprecated)
Comparisons for median bulk modulus 46 GPa
≈ ( 0.21 ≈ 1/5 ) × gold bulk modulus ( ≈ 220 GPa )
≈ 0.27 × iron bulk modulus ( ≈ 170 GPa )
≈ 1.4 × carbon bulk modulus ( ≈ 33 GPa )
Corresponding quantity
Compressibility β from β = 1/K: | 2.2×10^-11 Pa^(-1) (reciprocal pascals)