Input interpretation
s-block elements | electrical conductivity
Summary
median | 1.1×10^7 S/m highest | 2.9×10^7 S/m (calcium) lowest | 1×10^6 S/m (radium) distribution | | (based on 11 values; 3 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
hydrogen | helium | francium (total: 3)
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Periodic table location
Periodic table location
Distribution plots
(electrical conductivity in millions of siemens per meter)
Electrical conductivity rankings
1 | radium | 1×10^6 S/m 2 | barium | 2.9×10^6 S/m 3 | cesium | 5×10^6 S/m 4 | strontium | 7.7×10^6 S/m 5 | rubidium | 8.3×10^6 S/m 6 | lithium | 1.1×10^7 S/m 7 | potassium | 1.4×10^7 S/m 8 | sodium | 2.1×10^7 S/m 9 | magnesium | 2.3×10^7 S/m 10 | beryllium | 2.5×10^7 S/m 11 | calcium | 2.9×10^7 S/m (based on 11 values; 3 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median electrical conductivity 1.1×10^7 S/m
11 MS/m (megasiemens per meter)
11000 S/mm (siemens per milimeter)
110000 S/cm (siemens per centimeter)
0.011 ab℧/m (abmhos per meter) (unit officially deprecated)
0.011 emus (unit officially deprecated)
9.9×10^16 esus (unit officially deprecated)
2.4 atomic units
Comparisons for median electrical conductivity 1.1×10^7 S/m
≈ ( 0.19 ≈ 1/5 ) × conductivity of copper ( ≈ 5.9×10^7 S/m )
≈ 0.29 × conductivity of aluminum ( ≈ 3.8×10^7 S/m )
Corresponding quantity
Resistivity ρ from ρ = 1/σ: | 9.1×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters)