Zinc

Zinc: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 692.68 [or 419.53 °C (787.15 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 1180 [or 907 °C (1665 °F)] K
• Liquid range: 487.32  K
• Critical temperature: no data  K
• Superconduction temperature: 0.85 [or -272.3 °C (-458.1 °F)] K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 120  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 30.2  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: 7140  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 9.16  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 3700  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Young's modulus: 108  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: 43  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 70  GPa
• Poisson's ratio: 0.25  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 2.5  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: 412  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: no data  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 6.0  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

The image above is a virtual representation of zinc metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

• Reflectivity: 80  %
• Refractive index: 1.002050  (no units)

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