Input interpretation
diamagnetic elements | resistivity
Summary
median | 3×10^-7 Ω m highest | 1×10^15 Ω m (sulfur) lowest | 1.6×10^-8 Ω m (silver) | (based on 25 values; 8 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
argon | helium | hydrogen | krypton | neon | nitrogen | selenium | xenon (total: 8)
Distribution plots
(resistivity in thousands of ohm meters)
Resistivity rankings
1 | silver | 1.6×10^-8 Ω m 2 | copper | 1.7×10^-8 Ω m 3 | gold | 2.2×10^-8 Ω m 4 | beryllium | 4×10^-8 Ω m 5 | zinc | 5.9×10^-8 Ω m 6 | cadmium | 7×10^-8 Ω m 7 | indium | 8×10^-8 Ω m 8 | phosphorus | 1×10^-7 Ω m 9 | tin | 1.1×10^-7 Ω m 10 | gallium | 1.4×10^-7 Ω m ⋮ | | 16 | bismuth | 1.3×10^-6 Ω m 17 | carbon | 1×10^-5 Ω m 18 | tellurium | 1×10^-4 Ω m 19 | germanium | 5×10^-4 Ω m 20 | silicon | 0.001 Ω m 21 | chlorine | 100 Ω m 22 | boron | 10000 Ω m 23 | iodine | 1×10^7 Ω m 24 | bromine | 1×10^10 Ω m 25 | sulfur | 1×10^15 Ω m (based on 25 values; 8 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median resistivity 3×10^-7 Ω m
30 μΩ cm (microohm centimeters)
300 nΩ m (nanoohm meters)
0.3 μΩ m (microohm meters)
3×10^-5 Ω cm (ohm centimeters)
1.2×10^-5 Ω in (ohm inches)
30000 emus (unit officially deprecated)
3.3×10^-17 esus (unit officially deprecated)
3.3×10^-17 statΩ cm (statohm centimeters) (unit officially deprecated)
1.4 atomic units
Comparisons for median resistivity 3×10^-7 Ω m
≈ resistivity of arsenic at 20 °C ( ≈ 3×10^-7 Ω m )
≈ resistivity of Sn60Pb40 solder at 20 °C ( ≈ 3×10^-7 Ω m )
≈ 1.1 × resistivity of uranium at 20 °C ( ≈ 2.8×10^-7 Ω m )
Corresponding quantity
Conductivity σ from σ = 1/ρ: | 3.3×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter)