Input interpretation
metallic elements | thermal expansion
Summary
median | 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1) highest | 1.81×10^-4 K^(-1) (mercury) lowest | 4.5×10^-6 K^(-1) (tungsten) distribution | | (based on 60 values; 34 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
potassium | arsenic | rubidium | technetium | cesium | polonium | francium | radium | actinium | protactinium | ... (total: 34)
Distribution plots
(thermal expansion in reciprocal kelvins difference)
Thermal expansion rankings
1 | tungsten | 4.5×10^-6 K^(-1) 2 | molybdenum | 4.8×10^-6 K^(-1) 3 | chromium | 4.9×10^-6 K^(-1) 4 | osmium | 5.1×10^-6 K^(-1) 5 | zirconium | 5.7×10^-6 K^(-1) 6 | hafnium | 5.9×10^-6 K^(-1) 7 | rhenium | 6.2×10^-6 K^(-1) 8 | iridium | 6.4×10^-6 K^(-1) 9 | tantalum | 6.3×10^-6 K^(-1) 10 | cerium | 6.3×10^-6 K^(-1) ⋮ | | 51 | lead | 2.89×10^-5 K^(-1) 52 | thallium | 2.99×10^-5 K^(-1) 53 | zinc | 3.02×10^-5 K^(-1) 54 | cadmium | 3.08×10^-5 K^(-1) 55 | indium | 3.21×10^-5 K^(-1) 56 | europium | 3.5×10^-5 K^(-1) 57 | lithium | 4.6×10^-5 K^(-1) 58 | sodium | 7.1×10^-5 K^(-1) 59 | gallium | 1.2×10^-4 K^(-1) 60 | mercury | 1.81×10^-4 K^(-1) (based on 60 values; 34 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median thermal expansion 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1)
1.18×10^-5 °C^(-1) (reciprocal degrees Celsius difference)
6.56×10^-6 °F^(-1) (reciprocal degrees Fahrenheit difference)
Comparisons for median thermal expansion 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1)
≈ 0.41 × lead linear thermal expansion coefficient ( ≈ 2.9×10^-5 K^(-1) )
≈ 0.83 × gold linear thermal expansion coefficient ( ≈ 1.4×10^-5 K^(-1) )
≈ iron linear thermal expansion coefficient ( ≈ 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1) )