Bulk modulus

The bulk modulus describes the amount of pressure change needed to cause a certain volume change. It is an intensive, material-specific size from elasticity theory.

ElementBulk modulus
3LiLithium11 GPa
4BeBeryllium130 GPa
5BBoron320 GPa
6CCarbon33 GPa
11NaSodium6.3 GPa
12MgMagnesium45 GPa
13AlAluminum76 GPa
14SiSilicon100 GPa
15PPhosphorus11 GPa
16SSulfur7.7 GPa
17ClChlorine1.1 GPa
19KPotassium3.1 GPa
20CaCalcium17 GPa
21ScScandium57 GPa
22TiTitanium110 GPa
23VVanadium160 GPa
24CrChromium160 GPa
25MnManganese120 GPa
26FeIron170 GPa
27CoCobalt180 GPa
28NiNickel180 GPa
29CuCopper140 GPa
30ZnZinc70 GPa
33AsArsenic22 GPa
34SeSelenium8.3 GPa
35BrBromine1.9 GPa
37RbRubidium2.5 GPa
39YYttrium41 GPa
41NbNiobium170 GPa
42MoMolybdenum230 GPa
44RuRuthenium220 GPa
45RhRhodium380 GPa
46PdPalladium180 GPa
47AgSilver100 GPa
48CdCadmium42 GPa
50SnTin58 GPa
51SbAntimony42 GPa
52TeTellurium65 GPa
53IIodine7.7 GPa
55CsCaesium1.6 GPa
56BaBarium9.6 GPa
57LaLanthanum28 GPa
58CeCerium22 GPa
59PrPraseodymium29 GPa
60NdNeodymium32 GPa
61PmPromethium33 GPa
62SmSamarium38 GPa
63EuEuropium8.3 GPa
64GdGadolinium38 GPa
65TbTerbium38.7 GPa
66DyDysprosium41 GPa
67HoHolmium40 GPa
68ErErbium44 GPa
69TmThulium45 GPa
70YbYtterbium31 GPa
71LuLutetium48 GPa
72HfHafnium110 GPa
73TaTantalum200 GPa
74WTungsten310 GPa
75ReRhenium370 GPa
77IrIridium320 GPa
78PtPlatinum230 GPa
79AuGold220 GPa
80HgMercury25 GPa
81TlThallium43 GPa
82PbLead46 GPa
83BiBismuth31 GPa
90ThThorium54 GPa
92UUranium100 GPa