Thermal Conductivity of Pure Metals
Pure metals are generally good conductors of heat, meaning they have high thermal conductivity. This is because metals have a large number of free electrons that can carry heat energy.
The following table provides a comprehensive list of thermal conductivity values for pure metals at room temperature (approximately 25°C or 77°F) and 1 atmospheric (atm) pressure. (1 atm = 101,325 Pa)
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| Aluminum (Al) | 237 |
| Antimony (Sb) | 24.3 |
| Barium (Ba) | 18.4 |
| Beryllium (Be) | 200 |
| Bismuth (Bi) | 7.87 |
| Cadmium (Cd) | 96.8 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 200 |
| Cerium (Ce) | 11.3 |
| Cesium (Cs) | 35.9 |
| Chromium (Cr) | 93.7 |
| Cobalt (Co) | 100 |
| Copper (Cu) | 401 |
| Dysprosium (Dy) | 10.7 |
| Erbium (Er) | 14.5 |
| Europium (Eu) | 13.9 |
| Gadolinium (Gd) | 10.5 |
| Gallium (Ga) | 40.6 |
| Gold (Au) | 317 |
| Hafnium (Hf) | 23 |
| Holmium (Ho) | 16.2 |
| Indium (In) | 81.6 |
| Iridium (Ir) | 147 |
| Iron (Fe) | 80.2 |
| Lanthanum (La) | 13.4 |
| Lead (Pb) | 35.3 |
| Lithium (Li) | 84.7 |
| Lutetium (Lu) | 16.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 156 |
| Manganese (Mn) | 7.82 |
| Mercury (Hg) | 8.51 |
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 138 |
| Neodymium (Nd) | 16.5 |
| Neptunium (Np) | 6.3 |
| Nickel (Ni) | 90.7 |
| Niobium (Nb) | 53.7 |
| Osmium (Os) | 87.6 |
| Palladium (Pd) | 71.8 |
| Platinum (Pt) | 71.6 |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 6.74 |
| Polonium (Po) | 20 |
| Potassium (K) | 102.4 |
| Praseodymium (Pr) | 12.5 |
| Promethium (Pm) | 15 |
| Rhenium (Re) | 47.9 |
| Rhodium (Rh) | 150 |
| Rubidium (Rb) | 58.2 |
| Ruthenium (Ru) | 117 |
| Samarium (Sm) | 13.3 |
| Scandium (Sc) | 15.8 |
| Silver (Ag) | 429 |
| Sodium (Na) | 141 |
| Strontium (Sr) | 35.3 |
| Tantalum (Ta) | 57.5 |
| Technetium (Tc) | 50.6 |
| Terbium (Tb) | 11.1 |
| Thallium (Tl) | 46.1 |
| Thorium (Th) | 54 |
| Thulium (Tm) | 16.9 |
| Tin (Sn) | 66.6 |
| Titanium (Ti) | 21.9 |
| Tungsten (W) | 174 |
| Uranium (U) | 27.6 |
| Vanadium (V) | 30.7 |
| Ytterbium (Yb) | 38.5 |
| Yttrium (Y) | 17.2 |
| Zinc (Zn) | 116 |
| Zirconium (Zr) | 22.7 |
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References: 1) Cardarelli, François. Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2018. 2) CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 97th Edition. United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2016-2017. 3) A.M. Howatson, P.G. Lun, J.D. Todd, P.D. Engineering Tables and Data. United Kingdom: University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, 2009.