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