Input interpretation
elements | bulk modulus
Summary
median | 45 GPa highest | 380 GPa (rhodium) lowest | 1.1 GPa (chlorine) distribution | | (based on 69 values; 49 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
hydrogen | helium | nitrogen | oxygen | fluorine | neon | argon | gallium | germanium | krypton | ... (total: 49)
Distribution plots
(bulk modulus in gigapascals)
Bulk modulus rankings
1 | chlorine | 1.1 GPa 2 | cesium | 1.6 GPa 3 | bromine | 1.9 GPa 4 | rubidium | 2.5 GPa 5 | potassium | 3.1 GPa 6 | sodium | 6.3 GPa 7 | iodine | 7.7 GPa 8 | sulfur | 7.7 GPa 9 | europium | 8.3 GPa 10 | selenium | 8.3 GPa ⋮ | | 60 | tantalum | 200 GPa 61 | gold | 220 GPa 62 | ruthenium | 220 GPa 63 | platinum | 230 GPa 64 | molybdenum | 230 GPa 65 | tungsten | 310 GPa 66 | iridium | 320 GPa 67 | boron | 320 GPa 68 | rhenium | 370 GPa 69 | rhodium | 380 GPa (based on 69 values; 49 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median bulk modulus 45 GPa
0.045 TPa (terapascals)
4.5×10^10 Pa (pascals)
4.5×10^10 N/m^2 (newtons per square meter)
440000 atm (atmospheres) (unit officially deprecated)
Comparisons for median bulk modulus 45 GPa
≈ ( 0.2 ≈ 1/5 ) × gold bulk modulus ( ≈ 220 GPa )
≈ 0.26 × 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)