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Aluminum to Copper

Dysprosium to Nickel

Niobium to Plutonium

Potassium to Zirconium

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Aluminum

solid

room temperature, rolled, longitudinal wave

6420 m/s

room temperature, rolled, shear wave

3040 m/s

room temperature, rolled, extensional wave

5000 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

6374 m/s

shear wave

3111 m/s

Antimony

solid, 293 K

3420 m/s

calculated value

Argon

gas

700 K, 1 bar

492.95 m/s

650 K, 1 bar

475.03 m/s

600 K, 1 bar

456.40 m/s

550 K, 1 bar

436.98 m/s

500 K, 1 bar

416.64 m/s

450 K, 1 bar

395.26 m/s

400 K, 1 bar

372.65 m/s

350 K, 1 bar

348.57 m/s

330 K, 1 bar

338.45 m/s

310 K, 1 bar

328.02 m/s

27 °C, 1 atm

323 m/s

300 K, 1 bar

322.67 m/s

290 K, 1 bar

317.24 m/s

280 K, 1 bar

311.70 m/s

270 K, 1 bar

306.07 m/s

260 K, 1 bar

300.33 m/s

240 K, 1 bar

288.50 m/s

220 K, 1 bar

276.15 m/s

200 K, 1 bar

263.21 m/s

190 K, 1 bar

256.48 m/s

180 K, 1 bar

249.57 m/s

170 K, 1 bar

242.45 m/s

160 K, 1 bar

235.10 m/s

150 K, 1 bar

227.49 m/s

140 K, 1 bar

219.60 m/s

130 K, 1 bar

211.39 m/s

120 K, 1 bar

202.80 m/s

110 K, 1 bar

193.76 m/s

100 K, 1 bar

184.16 m/s

90 K, 1 bar

173.85 m/s

87.178 K, 1 bar

170.77 m/s

liquid

-185.9 °C, 1 atm

813 m/s

87.178 K, 1 bar

839.20 m/s

85 K, 1 bar

854.35 m/s

83.814 K, 1 bar

862.52 m/s

Barium

solid, 293 K

1620 m/s

calculated value

Beryllium

solid

room temperature, extensional wave

12870 m/s

20 °C

longitudinal wave

12890 m/s

shear wave

8880 m/s

α-beryllium, solid, 293 K

13000 m/s

calculated value

Bismuth

liquid

1640 m/s to 1660 m/s

solid, 293 K

1790 m/s

calculated value

Boron

solid

16200 m/s

calculated value

Cadmium

liquid, 360 °C, longitudinal wave

2150 m/s

solid

298 K

2310 m/s

20 °C, longitudinal wave

2780 m/s

Calcium

α-calcium, solid, 293 K

3560 m/s to 4060 m/s

Carbon

diamond, solid, 20 °C

longitudinal wave

18350 m/s

shear wave

9200 m/s

graphite, solid, 293 K

1470 m/s

calculated value

Cerium

α-cerium, solid, 293 K

2100 m/s

calculated value

Cesium

liquid, 40 °C, longitudinal wave

980 m/s

Chlorine

gas

440.00 K

1516.76 kPa

251.197 m/s

1039.81 kPa

253.829 m/s

653.82 kPa

255.924 m/s

412.51 kPa

257.218 m/s

420.00 K

1546.06 kPa

243.926 m/s

1060.42 kPa

247.059 m/s

676.29 kPa

249.494 m/s

348.23 kPa

251.524 m/s

110.58 kPa

252.948 m/s

400.00 K

1484.50 kPa

236.872 m/s

1483.45 kPa

236.881 m/s

1135.39 kPa

239.534 m/s

743.97 kPa

242.451 m/s

406.53 kPa

244.885 m/s

106.64 kPa

246.982 m/s

380.00 K

1504.09 kPa

228.757 m/s

1114.89 kPa

232.306 m/s

756.90 kPa

235.447 m/s

396.60 kPa

238.474 m/s

205.09 kPa

240.044 m/s

360.00 K

1511.92 kPa

220.055 m/s

1171.05 kPa

223.845 m/s

845.51 kPa

227.270 m/s

462.03 kPa

231.113 m/s

204.88 kPa

233.576 m/s

340.00 K

1447.60 kPa

211.433 m/s

1054.54 kPa

216.794 m/s

700.37 kPa

221.189 m/s

337.04 kPa

225.423 m/s

93.16 kPa

228.098 m/s

320.00 K

998.78 kPa

208.547 m/s

508.31 kPa

215.880 m/s

198.22 kPa

220.053 m/s

99.55 kPa

221.313 m/s

310.00 K

901.89 kPa

205.415 m/s

599.67 kPa

210.451 m/s

269.77 kPa

215.438 m/s

102.58 kPa

217.808 m/s

300.00 K

658.82 kPa

205.116 m/s

464.36 kPa

208.512 m/s

253.92 kPa

211.948 m/s

138.32 kPa

213.747 m/s

290.01 K

500.92 kPa

203.619 m/s

402.94 kPa

205.461 m/s

250.73 kPa

208.188 m/s

169.78 kPa

209.576 m/s

119.67 kPa

210.409 m/s

96.43 kPa

210.809 m/s

280.00 K

373.34 kPa

201.804 m/s

146.79 kPa

206.226 m/s

270.00 K

273.13 kPa

199.676 m/s

102.60 kPa

203.272 m/s

260.00 K

191.73 kPa

197.372 m/s

115.51 kPa

199.149 m/s

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

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.

Hurly, J. J. "Thermophysical Properties of Chlorine from Speed-of-Sound Measurements." International Journal of Thermophysics, volume 23, number 2, 2002, pp. 455–475. doi:10.1023/A:1015109503116

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.

Tegeler, Ch., R. Span, and W. Wagner. "A New Equation of State for Argon Covering the Fluid Region for Temperatures From the Melting Line to 700 K at Pressures up to 1000 MPa." Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, volume 28, number 3, 1999, pp. 779–850.