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| Values represent high and low sides of a range of typical values. |
| Value at room temperature only. |
| Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 212-750°F/100-390°C |
| Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 1000-1800°F/540-980°C |
| Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 2200-2875°F/1205-1580°C |
| Reprinted with permission from "Materials Selector", Reinhold Publishing Co., Penton/IPC. |
(* or mm/mm)
| Material | 10-6 in./in.*/°F | 10-5 in./in.*/°C | ||
| High | Low | High | Low | |
| Zinc & its Alloys | 19.3 | 10.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 |
| Lead & its Alloys | 16.3 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Magnesium Alloys | 16 | 14 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Aluminum & its Alloys | 13.7 | 11.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Tin & its Alloys | 13 | 2.3 | ||
| Tin & Aluminum Brasses | 11.8 | 10.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Plain & Leaded Brasses | 11.6 | 10 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Silver | 10.9 | 2.0 | ||
| Cr-Ni-Fe Superalloys | 10.5 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Heat Resistant Alloys (cast) | 10.5 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Nodular or Ductile Irons (cast) | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Stainless Steels (cast) | 10.4 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Tin Bronzes (cast) | 10.3 | 10 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Austenitic Stainless Steels | 10.2 | 9 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Phosphor Silicon Bronzes | 10.2 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Coppers | 9.8 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Nickel-Base Superalloys | 9.8 | 1.8 | ||
| Aluminum Bronzes (cast) | 9.5 | 9 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Cobalt-Base Superalloys | 9.4 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Beryllium Copper | 9.3 | 1.7 | ||
| Cupro-Nickels & Nickel Silvers | 9.5 | 9 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Nickel & its Alloys | 9.2 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Cr-Ni-Co-Fe Superalloys | 9.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Alloy Steels | 8.6 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Carbon Free-Cutting Steels | 8.4 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Alloy Steels (cast) | 8.3 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Age Hardenable Stainless Steels | 8.2 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Gold | 7.9 | 1.4 | ||
| High Temperature Steels | 7.9 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Ultra High Strength Steels | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Malleable Irons | 7.5 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Titanium Carbide Cermet | 7.5 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .8 |
| Wrought Irons | 7.4 | 1.3 | ||
| Titanium & its Alloys | 7.1 | 4.9 | 1.3 | .9 |
| Cobalt | 6.8 | 1.2 | ||
| Martensitic Stainless Steels | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Nitriding Steels | 6.5 | 1.2 | ||
| Palladium | 6.5 | 1.2 | ||
| Beryllium | 6.4 | 1.1 | ||
| Chromium Carbide Cermet | 6.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Thorium | 6.2 | 1.1 | ||
| Ferritic Stainless Steels | 6 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Gray Irons (cast) | 6 | 1.1 | ||
| Beryllium Carbide | 5.8 | 1.0 | ||
| Low Expansion Nickel Alloys’ | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .3 |
| Beryllia &, Thoria | 5.3 | .9 | ||
| Alumina Cermets | 5.2 | 4.7 | .9 | .8 |
| Molybdenum Disilicide | 5.1 | .9 | ||
| Ruthenium | 5.1 | .9 | ||
| Platinum | 4.9 | .9 | ||
| Vanadium | 4.8 | .9 | ||
| Rhodium | 4.6 | .8 | ||
| Tantalum Carbide | 4.6 | .8 | ||
| Boron Nitride | 4.3 | .8 | ||
| Columbium & its Alloys | 4.1 | 3.8 | .7 | .68 |
| Titanium Carbide | 4.1 | .7 | ||
| Steatite | 4 | 3.3 | .7 | .6 |
| Tungsten Carbide Cermet | 3.9 | 2.5 | .7 | .4 |
| Iridium | 3.8 | .7 | ||
| Alumina Ceramics | 3.7 | 3.1 | .7 | .6 |
| Zirconium Carbide | 3.7 | .7 | ||
| Osmium and Tantalum | 3.6 | .6 | ||
| Zirconium & its Alloys | 3.6 | 3.1 | .6 | .55 |
| Hafnium | 3.4 | .6 | ||
| Zirconia | 3.1 | .6 | ||
| Molybdenum & its Alloys | 3.1 | 2.7 | .6 | .5 |
| Silicon Carbide | 2.4 | 2.2 | .4 | .39 |
| Tungsten | 2.2 | .4 | ||
| Electrical Ceramics | 2 | .4 | ||
| Zircon | 1.8 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 |
| Boron Carbide | 1.7 | .3 | ||
| Carbon and Graphite | 1.5 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 |