Speed of Sound

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Aluminum to Chlorine

Chromium to Niobium

Nitrogen to Platinum

Plutonium to Zirconium

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Chromium

solid, 20 °C

longitudinal wave

6608 m/s

shear wave

4005 m/s

Cobalt

solid, 298 K

4720 m/s

Copper

liquid, 1350 °C, longitudinal wave

3350 m/s

solid

room temperature, annealed, longitudinal wave

4760 m/s

room temperature, annealed, shear wave

2325 m/s

room temperature, annealed, extensional wave

3810 m/s

room temperature, rolled, longitudinal wave

5010 m/s

room temperature, rolled, shear wave

2270 m/s

room temperature, rolled, extensional wave

3750 m/s

473 K

2950 m/s

373 K

3290 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

4759 m/s

shear wave

2325 m/s

288 K to 293 K

3570 m/s

Dysprosium

solid, 293 K

2710 m/s

calculated value

Erbium

solid, 293 K

2830 m/s

calculated value

Gadolinium

solid, 293 K

2680 m/s

calculated value

Gallium

liquid, 50 °C, longitudinal wave

2740 m/s

Germanium

solid

5400 m/s

Gold

solid

room temperature, hard-drawn, extensional wave

2030 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

3240 m/s

shear wave

1200 m/s

288 K to 293 K, annealed

1740 m/s

283 K

2110 m/s

Hafnium

α-hafnium, solid, 293 K

2740 m/s to 3280 m/s

Helium

gas

273.2 K

971.9 m/s

0 °C, 1 atm

965 m/s

liquid

-268.9 °C

180 m/s

-269 °C, longitudinal wave

211 m/s

Holmium

solid, 293 K

2760 m/s

calculated value

Hydrogen

gas

27 °C, 1 atm

1310 m/s

273.2 K

1286 m/s

D2

890 m/s

liquid

-252.9 °C

1101 m/s

-258 °C, longitudinal wave

1242 m/s

Indium

solid, 293 K

1200 m/s to 1230 m/s

calculated value

Iridium

solid, 293 K

4800 m/s to 4850 m/s

calculated value

Iron

solid

room temperature, cast, longitudinal wave

4994 m/s

room temperature, cast, shear wave

2809 m/s

room temperature, cast, extensional wave

4480 m/s

room temperature, electrolytic, longitudinal wave

5950 m/s

room temperature, electrolytic, shear wave

3240 m/s

room temperature, extensional wave

5120 m/s

room temperature, Armco, longitudinal wave

5960 m/s

room temperature, Armco, shear wave

3240 m/s

room temperature, Armco, extensional wave

5200 m/s

473 K

4720 m/s

373 K

5300 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

5957 m/s

shear wave

3224 m/s

288 K to 293 K, wrought

5120 m/s

283 K to 293 K, wire

4910 m/s

Krypton

gas, 273.2

213 m/s

liquid

1120 m/s

calculated value

Lanthanum

α-lanthanum, solid, 293 K

2460 m/s to 2490 m/s

calculated value

Lead

solid

room temperature, rolled, longitudinal wave

1960 m/s

room temperature, rolled, shear wave

690 m/s

room temperature, rolled, extensional wave

1210 m/s

room temperature, annealed, extensional wave

1190 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

2160 m/s

shear wave

700 m/s

288 K to 293 K

1260 m/s

Lithium

liquid

5000 m/s

calculated value

solid

6000 m/s

Magnesium

solid

room temperature, annealed, longitudinal wave

5770 m/s

room temperature, annealed, shear wave

3050 m/s

room temperature, annealed, extensional wave

4940 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

5823 m/s

shear wave

3163 m/s

Manganese

solid, 20 °C, longitudinal wave

4600 m/s

Mercury

liquid, 20 °C, longitudinal wave

1454 m/s

solid, 203 K

2670 m/s

Molybdenum

solid

room temperature, longitudinal wave

6250 m/s

room temperature, shear wave

3350 m/s

room temperature, extensional wave

5400 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

6475 m/s

shear wave

3505 m/s

Neodymium

α-neodymium, solid, 293 K

2330 m/s

calculated value

Neon

gas, 0 °C, 1 atm

435 m/s

liquid

936 m/s

calculated value

Nickel

solid

room temperature, longitudinal wave

6040 m/s

room temperature, shear wave

3000 m/s

room temperature, extensional wave

4900 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

5700 m/s

shear wave

3000 m/s

291 K

4970 m/s

Niobium

solid, 20 °C

longitudinal wave

5068 m/s

shear wave

2092 m/s

References (Click the next to a value above to see complete citation information for that entry)

de Podesta, Michael. Understanding the Properties of Matter, 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis, 2002.

Lide, David R., editor. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 88th edition. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.

Samsonov, G. V., editor. Handbook of the Physicochemical Properties of the Elements. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1968.