Elements Listed by Thermal Conductivity | ||
Name | Sym | W m-1 K-1 |
Silver | Ag | 429 |
Copper | Cu | 401 |
Gold | Au | 318 |
Aluminium | Al | 237 |
Calcium | Ca | 201 |
Beryllium | Be | 200 |
Hydrogen | H | 180.5 |
Tungsten | W | 173 |
Magnesium | Mg | 156 |
Helium | He | 151.3 |
Rhodium | Rh | 150 |
Silicon | Si | 149 |
Iridium | Ir | 147 |
Sodium | Na | 142 |
Molybdenum | Mo | 138 |
Carbon | C | 119-165 (graphite) |
Ruthenium | Ru | 117 |
Zinc | Zn | 116 |
Potassium | K | 102.5 |
Cobalt | Co | 100 |
Cadmium | Cd | 96.6 |
Chromium | Cr | 93.9 |
Nickel | Ni | 90.9 |
Osmium | Os | 87.6 |
Lithium | Li | 84.8 |
Indium | In | 81.8 |
Iron | Fe | 80.4 |
Palladium | Pd | 71.8 |
Platinum | Pt | 71.6 |
Tin | Sn | 66.8 |
Germanium | Ge | 60.2 |
Rubidium | Rb | 58.2 |
Tantalum | Ta | 57.5 |
Thorium | Th | 54.0 |
Niobium | Nb | 53.7 |
Arsenic | As | 50.2 |
Neon | Ne | 49.1 |
Rhenium | Re | 48.0 |
Protactinium | Pa | 47 |
Thallium | Tl | 46.1 |
Gallium | Ga | 40.6 |
Ytterbium | Yb | 38.5 |
Caesium | Cs | 35.9 |
Strontium | Sr | 35.4 |
Lead | Pb | 35.3 |
Vanadium | V | 30.7 |
Fluorine | F | 27.7 |
Uranium | U | 27.5 |
Boron | B | 27.4 |
Oxygen | O | 26.58 |
Nitrogen | N | 25.83 |
Antimony | Sb | 24.4 |
Hafnium | Hf | 23.0 |
Zirconium | Zr | 22.6 |
Titanium | Ti | 21.9 |
Polonium | Po | 20 |
Radium | Ra | 18.6 |
Barium | Ba | 18.4 |
Promethium | Pm | 17.9 |
Argon | Ar | 17.72 |
Yttrium | Y | 17.2 |
Thulium | Tm | 16.9 |
Neodymium | Nd | 16.5 |
Lutetium | Lu | 16.4 |
Holmium | Ho | 16.2 |
Scandium | Sc | 15.8 |
Erbium | Er | 14.5 |
Europium | Eu | 13.9 |
Lanthanum | La | 13.4 |
Samarium | Sm | 13.3 |
Praseodymium | Pr | 12.5 |
Actinium | Ac | 12 |
Cerium | Ce | 11.3 |
Terbium | Tb | 11.1 |
Dysprosium | Dy | 10.7 |
Gadolinium | Gd | 10.6 |
Americium | Am | 10 |
Berkelium | Bk | 10 |
Krypton | Kr | 9.43 |
Chlorine | Cl | 8.9 |
Mercury | Hg | 8.30 |
Bismuth | Bi | 7.97 |
Manganese | Mn | 7.81 |
Plutonium | Pu | 6.74 |
Neptunium | Np | 6.3 |
Xenon | Xe | 5.65 |
Radon | Rn | 3.61 |
Tellurium | Te | 1.97 - 3.38 |
Astatine | At | 1.7 |
Selenium | Se | 0.519 |
Iodine | I | 0.449 |
Phosphorus | P | 0.236 (white) |
Sulfur | S | 0.205 (amorphous) |
Bromine | Br | 0.122 |