Electrical Resistivity of Pure Metals
Pure metals have low electrical resistivity, which means that they are good conductors of electricity. This is because pure metals have a large number of free electrons that can move through the material when an electric field is applied.
The following table provides a comprehensive list of electrical resistivity values for pure metals in ohm-meter (Ω.m) unit.
Unless stated otherwise, all values are taken at standard room temperature (approximately 20°C or 68°F) and 1 atmospheric (atm) pressure. (1 atm = 101,325 Pa)
| Aluminum (Al) | 2.71 |
| Antimony (Sb) | 39 |
| Barium (Ba) | 34 |
| Beryllium (Be) | 3.7 |
| Bismuth (Bi) | 107 |
| Cadmium (Cd) | 6.8 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 3.42 |
| Cerium (Ce) | 82.8 |
| Cesium (Cs) | 20.8 |
| Chromium (Cr) | 12.6 |
| Cobalt (Co) | 5.6 |
| Copper (Cu) | 1.71 |
| Dysprosium (Dy) | 92.6 |
| Erbium (Er) | 86 |
| Europium (Eu) | 90 |
| Gadolinium (Gd) | 131 |
| Gallium (Ga) | 13.6 |
| Gold (Au) | 2.26 |
| Hafnium (Hf) | 33.7 |
| Holmium (Ho) | 81.4 |
| Indium (In) | 8 |
| Iridium (Ir) | 4.7 |
| Iron (Fe) | 9.87 |
| Lanthanum (La) | 61.5 |
| Lead (Pb) | 21.1 |
| Lithium (Li) | 9.47 |
| Lutetium (Lu) | 58.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 4.48 |
| Manganese (Mn) | 144 |
| Mercury (Hg) | 96.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 5.47 |
| Neodymium (Nd) | 64.3 |
| Nickel (Ni) | 7.12 |
| Niobium (Nb) | 15.2 |
| Osmium (Os) | 8.1 |
| Palladium (Pd) | 10.73 |
| Platinum (Pt) | 10.7 |
| Polonium (Po) | 40 |
| Potassium (K) | 7.39 |
| Praseodymium (Pr) | 70 |
| Promethium (Pm) | 75 |
| Protactinium (Pa) | 17.7 |
| Rhenium (Re) | 17.2 |
| Rhodium (Rh) | 4.3 |
| Rubidium (Rb) | 13.1 |
| Ruthenium (Ru) | 7.1 |
| Samarium (Sm) | 94 |
| Scandium (Sc) | 56.2 |
| Silver (Ag) | 1.617 |
| Sodium (Na) | 4.88 |
| Strontium (Sr) | 13.4 |
| Tantalum (Ta) | 13.4 |
| Terbium (Tb) | 115 |
| Thallium (Tl) | 15 |
| Thorium (Th) | 14.7 |
| Thulium (Tm) | 67.6 |
| Tin (Sn) | 11.5 |
| Titanium (Ti) | 39 |
| Tungsten (W) | 5.39 |
| Uranium (U) | 28 |
| Vanadium (V) | 20.1 |
| Ytterbium (Yb) | 25 |
| Yttrium (Y) | 59.6 |
| Zinc (Zn) | 6.01 |
| Zirconium (Zr) | 42.9 |
Related Tables
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