Input interpretation
liquid elements (at STP) | thermal conductivity
Results
bromine | 0.12 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference) mercury | 8.3 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference)
liquid elements (at STP) | thermal conductivity | 4.2 W/(m K) (watts per meter kelvin difference) (median)
Relative values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons bromine | | 0.014 | 1 | 98.6% smaller mercury | | 1 | 70 | 7000% larger
Unit conversions for median thermal conductivity 4.2 W/(m K)
4.2 W/(m °C) (watts per meter degree Celsius difference)
0.042 W/(cm °C) (watts per centimeter degree Celsius difference)
0.042 W/(cm K) (watts per centimeter kelvin difference)
420000 erg/(cm K s) (ergs per centimeter kelvin difference second)
0.2 BTU_IT in/(h in^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit inches per hour square inch degree Fahrenheit difference)
2.4 BTU_IT ft/(h ft^2 °F) (IT British thermal unit feet per hour square foot degree Fahrenheit difference)
0.01 cal_th cm/(s cm^2 °C) (thermochemical calorie centimeters per second square centimeter degree Celsius difference)
Comparisons for median thermal conductivity 4.2 W/(m K)
≈ ( 0.013 ≈ 1/76 ) × gold thermal conductivity ( ≈ 320 W/(m K) )
≈ ( 0.03 ≈ 1/33 ) × carbon thermal conductivity ( ≈ 140 W/(m K) )
≈ ( 0.053 ≈ 1/19 ) × iron thermal conductivity ( ≈ 80 W/(m K) )