Input interpretation
rare earth metals | bulk modulus
Summary
median | 38 GPa highest | 57 GPa (scandium) lowest | 8.3 GPa (europium) distribution |
Units
Distribution plots
(bulk modulus in gigapascals)
Bulk modulus rankings
1 | europium | 8.3 GPa 2 | cerium | 22 GPa 3 | lanthanum | 28 GPa 4 | praseodymium | 29 GPa 5 | ytterbium | 31 GPa 6 | neodymium | 32 GPa 7 | promethium | 33 GPa 8 | gadolinium | 38 GPa 9 | samarium | 38 GPa 10 | terbium | 38.7 GPa 11 | holmium | 40 GPa 12 | dysprosium | 41 GPa 13 | yttrium | 41 GPa 14 | erbium | 44 GPa 15 | thulium | 45 GPa 16 | lutetium | 48 GPa 17 | scandium | 57 GPa
Unit conversions for median bulk modulus 38 GPa
0.038 TPa (terapascals)
3.8×10^10 Pa (pascals)
3.8×10^10 N/m^2 (newtons per square meter)
380000 atm (atmospheres) (unit officially deprecated)
Comparisons for median bulk modulus 38 GPa
≈ ( 0.17 ≈ 1/6 ) × gold bulk modulus ( ≈ 220 GPa )
≈ ( 0.22 ≈ 1/4 ) × iron bulk modulus ( ≈ 170 GPa )
≈ 1.2 × carbon bulk modulus ( ≈ 33 GPa )
Corresponding quantity
Compressibility β from β = 1/K: | 2.6×10^-11 Pa^(-1) (reciprocal pascals)