Input interpretation
insulators | resistivity
Summary
median | 1×10^7 Ω m highest | 1×10^15 Ω m (sulfur) lowest | 100 Ω m (chlorine)
Units
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 5 | chlorine | | 1×10^-13 | 1 4 | boron | | 1×10^-11 | 100 3 | iodine | | 1×10^-8 | 100000 2 | bromine | | 1×10^-5 | 1×10^8 1 | sulfur | | 1 | 1×10^13
Resistivity rankings
1 | chlorine | 100 Ω m 2 | boron | 10000 Ω m 3 | iodine | 1×10^7 Ω m 4 | bromine | 1×10^10 Ω m 5 | sulfur | 1×10^15 Ω m
Unit conversions for median resistivity 1×10^7 Ω m
10 MΩ m (megohm meters)
0.01 GΩ m (gigaohm meters)
0.01 MΩ km (megohm kilometers)
1×10^18 emus (unit officially deprecated)
0.0011 esus (unit officially deprecated)
0.0011 statΩ cm (statohm centimeters) (unit officially deprecated)
4.6×10^13 atomic units
Comparisons for median resistivity 1×10^7 Ω m
≈ 0.5 × resistivity of high-quality distilled water ( ≈ 2×10^7 Ω m )
≈ (0.009 to 1) × resistivity of marble ( 1×10^7 to 1×10^9 Ω m )
≈ resistivity of shellac ( ≈ 1×10^7 Ω m )
Corresponding quantity
Conductivity σ from σ = 1/ρ: | 1×10^-7 S/m (siemens per meter)