Properties of Common Solid Materials
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Properties of common solid materials are divided into following categories:

 

  • Physical properties: Density, melting and boiling temperature.
Mechanical Properties: Including basic mechanical properties, such as elastic modulus, shear modulus, Poisson's ratio, and mechanical strength properties, i.e., yielding stress, ultimate stress, elongation.
Thermal Properties: Coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal conductivity.
Electric Properties: Electric resistivity.
Acoustic Properties: Compression wave velocity, shear wave velocity, bar velocity.

 

  Note: 1. All properties are under 1 atm (1.01325×105 Pa; 760 mmHg; 14.6959 psi) and at room temperature 25 ºC (77 ºF) unless specified otherwise.
  2. Further information on a specific material can be obtained by clicking the name of that particular material in the following table.
  3. Users who prefer Standard or other unit systems rather than the SI units, click the amount (number) of the specific material property for unit conversion.
  4. Materials in different phases at room temperature: Liquid, Gas.

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Acoustic Properties
Material Longitudinal Wave Velocity
(m/s)
Shear Wave Velocity
(m/s)
Bar Velocity
(m/s)
Aluminum [Al] (Rolled) 6420 3040 5000
Brass 4700 2110 3480
Brick - - 3650
Copper [Cu] (Annealed/Rolled) 4760 / 5010 2325 / 2270 3810 / 3750
Cork - - 500.0
Glass 3980 - 5640 2380 - 3280 3720 - 5170
Gold [Au] (Hard-drawn) 3240 1200 2030
Iron [Fe] (Electrolytic/Armco) 5950 / 5960 3240 / 3240 5120 / 5200
Lead [Pb] (Annealed/Rolled) 2160 / 1960 700.0 / 690.0 1190 / 1210
Magnesium [Mg] (Drawn) 5770 3050 4940
Monel (67% Ni, 30% Cu) 5350 5720 4400
Nickel [Ni] 6040 3000 4900
Nylon; Polyamide 2620 1070 1800
Platinum [Pt] 3260 1730 2800
Rubber 1550 - 1830 - -
Silver [Ag] 3650 1610 2680
Steel 5960 3235 5200
Stone; Marble - - 3810
Tin [Sn] 3320 1670 2730
Titanium [Ti] 6070 3125 5080
Tungsten [W] (Annealed/Drawn) 5220 / 5410 2890 / 2640 4620 / 4320
Wood; Ash (Along fiber/ring) - - 4670 / 1260
Wood; Oak (Along fiber) - - 3850
Zinc [Zn] (Rolled) 4210 2440 3850

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