Properties of Metals

Important Note:

I have included the steel in this table of elements. The properties of all the elements, but especially steel, should be used only a rough estimates. Alloying and heat treatment can significantly affect the values. The properties are assumed at 20 deg.C unless stated otherwise.

Metal	Specific Gravity	Young's Modulus (E)	Shear Modulus (G)	Bulk Modulus	Poisson's Ratio	Thermal Conductivity 0 deg.C	Linear Expansion Coefficient	Melting Point	Proof/Yield Stress	Ultimate. Stress	Electrical Resistivity 20 deg.C
-		GPa	GPa	GPa		W / ( m K )	x10^-6/ deg C	Deg K	x 10⁷Pa	x 10⁷Pa	x10^-8 ohm.m
Aluminium	2,7	68,95	26	75.	0,33	237	25	933	3-14	6-14	2,655
Antimony	6,69	77,91				18,5	9	903			41,8
Beryllium	1,85	289,6?			0,027	218.	12	1558			4,0
Bismuth	9,75	31,72			0,33	8,4	13	544			115
Cadmium	8,65	55,16				92	30	594			7,4
Chromium	7,2	248,2				91	6	2133			13
Cobalt	8,9	206,8				69	12	1768			9
Copper	8,96	117,2	46	130	0,36	398.	16,6	1357	4,7-32	20-35	1,673
Gold	19,32	74,46	28.	167	0,42	315	14,2	1336	0-21	11-23	2,35
Iridium	22,42	517,1				147	6	2723			5,3
Iron	7,87	196,5	76		0,3	80,3	12	1809	16	35	9,7
Lead	11,35	13,79	6		0,43	35,2	29	600,7		1,5-1,8	20,6
Magnesium	1,74	44,13			0,35	156	25	923			4,45
Manganese	7,34	158,6					22	1517			185
Mercury	13,546					8,39		234,29			98,4
Molybdenum	10,22	275,8			0,32	138	5	2893			5,2
Nickel	8,9	213,7	79.	176	0,31	90,5	13	1726	14-66	48-73	6,85
Niobium	8,57	103,4				53	7	2740			13
Osmium	22,57	551,6				61	5	3298			9
Platinum	21,45	146,9	61.	240	0,39	73	9	2043	1,5-18	12,5 -20	10,5
Plutonium	19,84	96,53			0,18	8	54	913			141,4
Potassium	0,86				0,39	99	83	336,5			7,01
Rhodium	12,41	289,6				150	8	2238			4,6
Selenium	4,8	57,92				0,5	37	490			12,0
Silicon	2,33	110,3				83,5	3	1684			100000
Silver	10,50	72,39	28.	100	0,37	427	19	1234	5,5-30	14-38	1,59
Sodium	0,97					134	70	370,98			4,2
Steel (Mild)	7,8	210	80		0,3	50	12	1630-1750	20-40	30-50	10
Tantalum	16,6	186,2			0,35	57,5	6,5	3253		34-93	12,4
Thorium	11,7	58,61		v	0,27	41	12	2023			18
Tin	7,31	41,37	17.	52	0,33	67	20	505	0,9-1,4	1,5-20	11,0
Titanium	4,54	110,3	41.	110	0,3	22	8,5	1943	2-50	25-70	43
Tungsten	19,3	344,7	140		0,28	178	4,5	3673		100-400	5,65
Uranium	18,8	165,5			0,21	25	13,4	1405			30
Vanadium	6,1	131.				60	8	2173			25
Zinc	7,0	82,74	36.	100	0,35	121	35	692,7		11-20	5,92

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