Input interpretation
elements | thermal conductivity
Summary
median | 24 W/(m K) highest | 430 W/(m K) (silver) lowest | 0.00361 W/(m K) (radon) distribution | | (based on 94 values; 24 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
polonium | francium | curium | californium | einsteinium | fermium | mendelevium | nobelium | lawrencium | rutherfordium | ... (total: 24)
Distribution plots
(thermal conductivity in watts per meter kelvin difference)
Thermal conductivity rankings
1 | radon | 0.00361 W/(m K) 2 | xenon | 0.00565 W/(m K) 3 | chlorine | 0.0089 W/(m K) 4 | krypton | 0.00943 W/(m K) 5 | argon | 0.01772 W/(m K) 6 | nitrogen | 0.02583 W/(m K) 7 | oxygen | 0.02658 W/(m K) 8 | fluorine | 0.0277 W/(m K) 9 | neon | 0.0491 W/(m K) 10 | bromine | 0.12 W/(m K) ⋮ | | 85 | rhodium | 150 W/(m K) 86 | silicon | 150 W/(m K) 87 | magnesium | 160 W/(m K) 88 | tungsten | 170 W/(m K) 89 | beryllium | 190 W/(m K) 90 | calcium | 200 W/(m K) 91 | aluminum | 235 W/(m K) 92 | gold | 320 W/(m K) 93 | copper | 400 W/(m K) 94 | silver | 430 W/(m K) (based on 94 values; 24 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median thermal conductivity 24 W/(m K)
24 W/(m °C) (watts per meter degree Celsius difference)
0.24 W/(cm °C) (watts per centimeter degree Celsius difference)
0.24 W/(cm K) (watts per centimeter kelvin difference)
2.4×10^6 erg/(cm K s) (ergs per centimeter kelvin difference second)
1.1 BTU_IT in/(h in^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit inches per hour square inch degree Fahrenheit difference)
14 BTU_IT ft/(h ft^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit feet per hour square foot degree Fahrenheit difference)
0.056 cal_th cm/(s cm^2 °C) (thermochemical calorie centimeters per second square centimeter degree Celsius difference)
Comparisons for median thermal conductivity 24 W/(m K)
≈ ( 0.073 ≈ 1/14 ) × gold thermal conductivity ( ≈ 320 W/(m K) )
≈ ( 0.17 ≈ 1/6 ) × carbon thermal conductivity ( ≈ 140 W/(m K) )
≈ 0.29 × iron thermal conductivity ( ≈ 80 W/(m K) )