Input interpretation
period 4 elements | resistivity
Summary
median | 1.3×10^-7 Ω m highest | 1×10^10 Ω m (bromine) lowest | 1.7×10^-8 Ω m (copper) | (based on 16 values; 2 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
selenium | krypton (total: 2)
Distribution plots
(resistivity in ohm meters)
Resistivity rankings
1 | copper | 1.7×10^-8 Ω m 2 | calcium | 3.4×10^-8 Ω m 3 | zinc | 5.9×10^-8 Ω m 4 | cobalt | 6×10^-8 Ω m 5 | nickel | 7×10^-8 Ω m 6 | potassium | 7×10^-8 Ω m 7 | iron | 9.7×10^-8 Ω m 8 | chromium | 1.3×10^-7 Ω m 9 | gallium | 1.4×10^-7 Ω m 10 | vanadium | 2×10^-7 Ω m 11 | arsenic | 3×10^-7 Ω m 12 | titanium | 4×10^-7 Ω m 13 | scandium | 5.5×10^-7 Ω m 14 | manganese | 1.6×10^-6 Ω m 15 | germanium | 5×10^-4 Ω m 16 | bromine | 1×10^10 Ω m (based on 16 values; 2 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median resistivity 1.3×10^-7 Ω m
13 μΩ cm (microohm centimeters)
130 nΩ m (nanoohm meters)
0.13 μΩ m (microohm meters)
1.3×10^-5 Ω cm (ohm centimeters)
5.3×10^-6 Ω in (ohm inches)
13000 emus (unit officially deprecated)
1.5×10^-17 esus (unit officially deprecated)
1.5×10^-17 statΩ cm (statohm centimeters) (unit officially deprecated)
0.62 atomic units
Comparisons for median resistivity 1.3×10^-7 Ω m
≈ 0.7 × resistivity of lead at 20 °C ( ≈ 2×10^-7 Ω m )
≈ (0.6 to 0.9) × resistivity of carbon steel at 20 °C ( 1×10^-5 to 2×10^-5 Ω cm )
≈ resistivity of tin at 20 °C ( ≈ 1×10^-7 Ω m )
Corresponding quantity
Conductivity σ from σ = 1/ρ: | 7.4×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter)