Input interpretation
precious metals | thermal expansion
Summary
median | 8.5×10^-6 K^(-1) highest | 1.89×10^-5 K^(-1) (silver) lowest | 5.1×10^-6 K^(-1) (osmium) distribution |
Units
Ranked values
| | visual | ratios | 8 | osmium | | 0.27 | 1 7 | ruthenium | | 0.34 | 1.3 6 | iridium | | 0.34 | 1.3 5 | rhodium | | 0.43 | 1.6 4 | platinum | | 0.47 | 1.7 3 | palladium | | 0.62 | 2.3 2 | gold | | 0.75 | 2.8 1 | silver | | 1 | 3.7
Thermal expansion rankings
1 | osmium | 5.1×10^-6 K^(-1) 2 | iridium | 6.4×10^-6 K^(-1) 3 | ruthenium | 6.4×10^-6 K^(-1) 4 | rhodium | 8.2×10^-6 K^(-1) 5 | platinum | 8.8×10^-6 K^(-1) 6 | palladium | 1.18×10^-5 K^(-1) 7 | gold | 1.42×10^-5 K^(-1) 8 | silver | 1.89×10^-5 K^(-1)
Unit conversions for median thermal expansion 8.5×10^-6 K^(-1)
8.5×10^-6 °C^(-1) (reciprocal degrees Celsius difference)
4.7×10^-6 °F^(-1) (reciprocal degrees Fahrenheit difference)
Comparisons for median thermal expansion 8.5×10^-6 K^(-1)
≈ 0.6 × gold linear thermal expansion coefficient ( ≈ 1.4×10^-5 K^(-1) )
≈ 0.72 × iron linear thermal expansion coefficient ( ≈ 1.2×10^-5 K^(-1) )
≈ linear thermal expansion coefficient of graphite (parallel to graphite planes) ( ≈ 7×10^-6 K^(-1) )