Input interpretation
platinum metals | electrical conductivity
Summary
median | 1.3×10^7 S/m highest | 2.3×10^7 S/m (rhodium) lowest | 9.4×10^6 S/m (platinum) distribution |
Units
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 6 | platinum | | 0.41 | 1 5 | palladium | | 0.43 | 1.1 4 | osmium | | 0.5 | 1.3 3 | ruthenium | | 0.6 | 1.5 2 | iridium | | 0.9 | 2.2 1 | rhodium | | 1 | 2.4
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Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Electrical conductivity rankings
1 | platinum | 9.4×10^6 S/m 2 | palladium | 1×10^7 S/m 3 | osmium | 1.2×10^7 S/m 4 | ruthenium | 1.4×10^7 S/m 5 | iridium | 2.1×10^7 S/m 6 | rhodium | 2.3×10^7 S/m
Unit conversions for median electrical conductivity 1.3×10^7 S/m
13 MS/m (megasiemens per meter)
13000 S/mm (siemens per milimeter)
130000 S/cm (siemens per centimeter)
0.013 ab℧/m (abmhos per meter) (unit officially deprecated)
0.013 emus (unit officially deprecated)
1.2×10^17 esus (unit officially deprecated)
2.8 atomic units
Comparisons for median electrical conductivity 1.3×10^7 S/m
≈ ( 0.22 ≈ 1/5 ) × conductivity of copper ( ≈ 5.9×10^7 S/m )
≈ 0.34 × conductivity of aluminum ( ≈ 3.8×10^7 S/m )
Corresponding quantity
Resistivity ρ from ρ = 1/σ: | 7.7×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters)