Input interpretation
semiconductors | thermal conductivity
Results
germanium | 60 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference) silicon | 150 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference) tellurium | 3 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference)
semiconductors | thermal conductivity | 60 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference) (median)
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 3 | tellurium | | 0.02 | 1 2 | germanium | | 0.4 | 20 1 | silicon | | 1 | 50
Unit conversions for median thermal conductivity 60 W/(m K)
60 W/(m °C) (watts per meter degree Celsius difference)
0.6 W/(cm °C) (watts per centimeter degree Celsius difference)
0.6 W/(cm K) (watts per centimeter kelvin difference)
6×10^6 erg/(cm K s) (ergs per centimeter kelvin difference second)
2.9 BTU_IT in/(h in^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit inches per hour square inch degree Fahrenheit difference)
35 BTU_IT ft/(h ft^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit feet per hour square foot degree Fahrenheit difference)
0.14 cal_th cm/(s cm^2 °C) (thermochemical calorie centimeters per second square centimeter degree Celsius difference)
Comparisons for median thermal conductivity 60 W/(m K)
≈ ( 0.19 ≈ 1/5 ) × gold thermal conductivity ( ≈ 320 W/(m K) )
≈ 0.43 × carbon thermal conductivity ( ≈ 140 W/(m K) )
≈ 0.75 × iron thermal conductivity ( ≈ 80 W/(m K) )