Thermal conductivity

Thermal conductivity indicates the heat flow through a material. From this it can be derived how well a material conducts heat or how well it is suitable for thermal insulation.

ElementThermal conductivity
1HHydrogen0.1805 W·m-1·K-1
2HeHelium0.1513 W·m-1·K-1
3LiLithium85 W·m-1·K-1
4BeBeryllium190 W·m-1·K-1
5BBoron27 W·m-1·K-1
6CCarbon140 W·m-1·K-1
7NNitrogen0.02583 W·m-1·K-1
8OOxygen0.02658 W·m-1·K-1
9FFluorine0.0279 W·m-1·K-1
10NeNeon0.0491 W·m-1·K-1
11NaSodium140 W·m-1·K-1
12MgMagnesium160 W·m-1·K-1
13AlAluminum235 W·m-1·K-1
14SiSilicon150 W·m-1·K-1
15PPhosphorus0.236 W·m-1·K-1
16SSulfur0.205 W·m-1·K-1
17ClChlorine0.0089 W·m-1·K-1
18ArArgon0.01772 W·m-1·K-1
19KPotassium100 W·m-1·K-1
20CaCalcium200 W·m-1·K-1
21ScScandium16 W·m-1·K-1
22TiTitanium22 W·m-1·K-1
23VVanadium31 W·m-1·K-1
24CrChromium94 W·m-1·K-1
25MnManganese7.8 W·m-1·K-1
26FeIron80 W·m-1·K-1
27CoCobalt100 W·m-1·K-1
28NiNickel91 W·m-1·K-1
29CuCopper400 W·m-1·K-1
30ZnZinc120 W·m-1·K-1
31GaGallium29 W·m-1·K-1
32GeGermanium60 W·m-1·K-1
33AsArsenic50 W·m-1·K-1
34SeSelenium0.52 W·m-1·K-1
35BrBromine0.12 W·m-1·K-1
36KrKrypton0.00949 W·m-1·K-1
37RbRubidium58 W·m-1·K-1
38SrStrontium35 W·m-1·K-1
39YYttrium17 W·m-1·K-1
40ZrZirconium22.7 W·m-1·K-1
41NbNiobium54 W·m-1·K-1
42MoMolybdenum139 W·m-1·K-1
43TcTechnetium51 W·m-1·K-1
44RuRuthenium120 W·m-1·K-1
45RhRhodium150 W·m-1·K-1
46PdPalladium72 W·m-1·K-1
47AgSilver430 W·m-1·K-1
48CdCadmium97 W·m-1·K-1
49InIndium81.6 W·m-1·K-1
50SnTin67 W·m-1·K-1
51SbAntimony24 W·m-1·K-1
52TeTellurium3 W·m-1·K-1
53IIodine0.449 W·m-1·K-1
54XeXenon0.00569 W·m-1·K-1
55CsCaesium36 W·m-1·K-1
56BaBarium18 W·m-1·K-1
57LaLanthanum13 W·m-1·K-1
58CeCerium11 W·m-1·K-1
59PrPraseodymium13 W·m-1·K-1
60NdNeodymium17 W·m-1·K-1
61PmPromethium15 W·m-1·K-1
62SmSamarium13 W·m-1·K-1
63EuEuropium14 W·m-1·K-1
64GdGadolinium11 W·m-1·K-1
65TbTerbium11 W·m-1·K-1
66DyDysprosium11 W·m-1·K-1
67HoHolmium16 W·m-1·K-1
68ErErbium15 W·m-1·K-1
69TmThulium16.8 W·m-1·K-1
70YbYtterbium39 W·m-1·K-1
71LuLutetium16 W·m-1·K-1
72HfHafnium23 W·m-1·K-1
73TaTantalum57 W·m-1·K-1
74WTungsten170 W·m-1·K-1
75ReRhenium48 W·m-1·K-1
76OsOsmium88 W·m-1·K-1
77IrIridium150 W·m-1·K-1
78PtPlatinum72 W·m-1·K-1
79AuGold320 W·m-1·K-1
80HgMercury8.3 W·m-1·K-1
81TlThallium46 W·m-1·K-1
82PbLead35 W·m-1·K-1
83BiBismuth8 W·m-1·K-1
84PoPolonium20 W·m-1·K-1
85AtAstatine2 W·m-1·K-1
86RnRadon0.00364 W·m-1·K-1
87FrFrancium(15 W·m-1·K-1)
88RaRadium19 W·m-1·K-1
89AcActinium12 W·m-1·K-1
90ThThorium54 W·m-1·K-1
91PaProtactinium47 W·m-1·K-1
92UUranium27.6 W·m-1·K-1
93NpNeptunium6.3 W·m-1·K-1 (300 K)
94PuPlutonium6.74 W·m-1·K-1
95AmAmericium10 W·m-1·K-1 (300 K)
96CmCurium10 W·m-1·K-1 (300 K)
97BkBerkelium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
98CfCalifornium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
99EsEinsteinium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
100FmFermium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
101MdMendelevium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
102NoNobelium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
103LrLawrencium(10 W·m-1·K-1)
104RfRutherfordium(23 W·m-1·K-1)
105DbDubnium(58 W·m-1·K-1)
106SgSeaborgium(19 W·m-1·K-1)
118OgOganesson(0.0023 W·m-1·K-1)