Electrical Resistivity of Materials

Resistivity ohm-meters

• Metals
  • Aluminum 2.65e-8
  • Beryllium 4.0e-8
  • Beryllium-copper
  • Brass 70% copper, 30% zinc
  • Copper 1.673e-8
  • Gold 2.35e-8
  • Iron 9.71e-8
  • Lead 20.648e-8
  • Magnesium 4.45e-8
  • Molybdenum 5.34e-8
  • Monel
  • Nickel 6.84e-8
  • Platinum 10.6e-8
  • Silver 1.59e-8
  • Stainless Steel-321
  • Stainless Steel-410
  • Steel, low carbon
  • Tin 11.0e-8
  • Titanium 42.0e-8
  • Tungsten 5.40e-8
  • Zinc 5.964e-8
• Semiconductors
  • GaAs
  • Silicon (pure)
  • Silicon (.0025 ohm-cm)
  • Silicon Dioxide (amorphous)
  • Silicon Dioxide (quartz) c-axis
  • Silicon Dioxide (quartz) a-axis
  • Silicon Nitride .16 - .33
  • Silicon Carbide
• Insulators
  • Air (still)
  • Sapphire c-axis
  • Sapphire a-axis
  • Alumina
  • Alumina 85%
  • Beryllia 99.5%
  • Beryllia 97%
  • Beryllia 95%
  • Boron Nitride (hot pressed)
  • Diamond (room temperature)
  • Diamond (77 K)
  • Diamond (room temperature, isotopically pure)
  • Epoxy
  • Thermally conductive epoxy
  • Glass
  • Heat sink compound (metal oxide loaded grease)
  • Mica
  • Mylar
  • Phenolic
  • Silicone Grease
  • Silicone Rubber
  • Teflon
  • FR-4 or G-10 PC board material
  • water
  • Liquid Helium (4.2K)
  • Liquid Nitrogen (77K)
  • Liquid Argon (85K)