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! rowspan=2 | Element
! rowspan=2 | [[Electric resistivity|''ρ'']]<br/>{{overline|10<sup>−8</sup> Ω m}}
! rowspan=2 | (1/''ρ'') d''ρ''/d''T''<br/>{{overline|10<sup>−3</sup> K<sup>−1</sup>}}
! rowspan=2 | [[Electric conductivity|''σ'']]<br/>{{overline|10<sup>8</sup> S m<sup>−1</sup>}}
! colspan=3 | Components of ''ρ''/10<sup>−8</sup> Ω m parallel to
! rowspan=2 | Ref.
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! ''c''
! ''a''
! ''b''
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| [[Aluminium]] || 2.42 || +4.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Americium]] || 68<ref group="note" name="300K">Resistivity and conductivity quoted for 300&nbsp;K (27&nbsp;°C).</ref> || || || colspan=3 | || <ref>{{citation | last1 = Runde | first1 = Wolfgang H. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = Wallace W. | contribution = Americium | title = The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements | editor1-first = Lester R. | editor1-last = Morss | editor2-first = Norman M. | editor2-last = Edelstein | editor3-first = Jean | editor3-last = Fuger | edition = 3rd | year = 2006 | volume = 2 | publisher = Springer | location = Dordrecht, the Netherlands | chapter = 8 | pages = 1265–1395 | url = http://radchem.nevada.edu/classes/rdch710/files/actinium.pdf | doi = 10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_8}}.</ref>
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| [[Antimony]] || 39 || +5.1 || || 35.6 || 42.6 || || 
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| [[Arsenic]] || 26 || > 0|| || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Barium]] || 30.2 || +5.0 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Beryllium]] || 3.02 || +8.0 || || 3.58 || 3.13 || || 
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| [[Bismuth]] || 107 || +4.6 || || 138 || 109 || || 
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| [[Cadmium]] || 6.8 || +4.3 || || 7.79 || 6.54 || || 
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| [[Caesium]] || 18.8 || +5.3 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Calcium]] || 3.11 || +3.7 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Carbon]] || 6{{e|3}} || || || 5{{e|5}} || 500 || || <ref group="note">The bulk isotropic resistivity and conductivity is given for amorphous graphitic carbon; the anisotropic resistivities are given for pyrolytic graphite.</ref>
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| [[Cerium]] || 73 || +0.9 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Chromium]] || 12.7 || +5.9 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Cobalt]] || 5.6 || +6.6 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Copper]] || 1.54 || +4.3 || || colspan=3 | || 
|-
| [[Dysprosium]] || 89 || || || 77.4 || 98.2 || || 
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| [[Erbium]] || 81 || || || 47.0 || 87.6 || 
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| [[Europium]] || 89 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Francium]] || 34<ref group="note" name="300K"/> || +7.2 || || colspan=3 | || <ref>{{citation | first = T. C. | last = Chi | title = Electrical resistivity of alkali elements | journal = J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data | year = 1979 | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 339–438 | doi = 10.1063/1.555598}}.</ref>
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| [[Gadolinium]] || 126 || || || 122 || 135 || || 
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| [[Gallium]] || 13.6 || || || 55.5 || 17.3 || 7.85 || 
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| [[Germanium]] || 4.7{{e|9}} || || || colspan=3 | || <ref name="GeSi">{{Greenwood&Earnshaw1st|page=434}}.</ref><ref group="note" name="semi">The resistivities and conductivities of semiconductors are extremely sensitive to sample purity.</ref>
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| [[Gold]] || 2.05 || +4.0 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Hafnium]] || 30.4 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Holmium]] || 90 || || || 59.9 || 101.2 || || 
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| [[Indium]] || 8.0 || +5.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Iridium]] || 4.7 || +4.5 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Iron]] || 8.57 || +6.5 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Lanthanum]] || 54 || +2.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Lead]] || 19.2 || +4.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Lithium]] || 8.53 || +4.0 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Lutetium]] || 54 || || || 34.0 || 75.6 || || 
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| [[Magnesium]] || 4.05 || +3.7 || || 3.78 || 4.53 || || 
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| [[Manganese]] || 143 || +0.4 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Mercury]] || 94.1 || +1.0 || || 17.7 || 23.5 || || 
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| [[Molybdenum]] || 4.85 || +4.35 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Neodymium]] || 63 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Neptunium]] || 119.3<ref group="note" name="373K">Resistivity and conductivity quoted for 373&nbsp;K (100&nbsp;°C).</ref> || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Nickel]] || 6.16 || +6.8 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Niobium]] || 15.2 || +2.6 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Osmium]] || 8.1 || +4.1 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Palladium]] || 9.8 || +4.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Platinum]] || 9.81 || +3.9 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Plutonium]] || 146 || < 0 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Polonium]] || 40<ref group="note">The temperature of macroscopic samples of polonium can only be approximately measured and controlled because of substantial radioactive self-heating.</ref> || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Potassium]] || 6.49 || +6.0 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Praseodymium]] || 65 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Promethium]] || 50 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Protactinium]] || 17.7 || || || colspan=3 | || <ref>{{citation | first1 = R. O. A. | last1 = Hall | first2 = J. A. | last2 = Lee | first3 = M. J. | last3 = Mortimer | title = The electrical resistivity of protactinium metal | journal = J. Low Temp. Phys. | year = 1977 | volume = 27 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 305–11}}.</ref>
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| [[Radium]] || 88<ref group="note" name="300K"/> || +6.5 || || colspan=3 | || <ref>{{citation | first = T. C. | last = Chi | title = Electrical resistivity of alkaline earth elements | journal = J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data | year = 1979 | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 439–97 | doi = 10.1063/1.555599}}.</ref>
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| [[Rhenium]] || 17.2 || +4.5 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Rhodium]] || 4.3 || +4.4 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Rubidium]] || 11.5 || +6.3 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Ruthenium]] || 7.1 || +4.1 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Samarium]] || 91.4 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Selenium]] || 1{{e|7}} || || || colspan=3 | || <ref group="note" name="semi"/>
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| [[Silicon]] || 4.8{{e|9}} || || || colspan=3 | || <ref name="GeSi"/><ref group="note" name="semi"/>
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| [[Silver]] || 1.47 || +4.1 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Sodium]] || 4.33 || +5.3 || || colspan=3 | || 
|-
| [[Strontium]] || 12.3 || +3.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Tantalum]] || 12.2 || +3.5 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Technetium]] || 22.6<ref group="note" name="373K"/> || || || colspan=3 | || 
|-
| [[Tellurium]] || 3{{e|5}} || || || 56{{e|3}} || 15.4{{e|3}} || || <ref group="note" name="semi"/>
|-
| [[Terbium]] || 113 || || || 101 || 122 || || 
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| [[Thallium]] || 15 || +5.2 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Thorium]] || 14.7 || +4.0 || || colspan=3 | || 
|-
| [[Thulium]] || 67 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Tin]] || 11.5 || || || 13.1 || 10.0 || || 
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| [[Titanium]] || 39 || +4.6 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Tungsten]] || 4.82 || +3.8 || || colspan=3 | || 
|-
| [[Uranium]] || 28 || +2.5 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Vanadium]] || 18.1 || +3.9 || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Ytterbium]] || 27.7 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Yttrium]] || 55 || || || colspan=3 | || 
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| [[Zinc]] || 5.48 || +4.2 || || 6.05 || 5.83 || || 
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| [[Zirconium]] || 38.8 || +4.4 || || colspan=3 | || 
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Unless otherwise stated, resistivities are taken from Kaye & Laby Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants<ref>{{Kaye&Laby | contribution = Electrical resistivities | chapter = 2.6.1 | accessdate = 2011-04-04 | url = http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/general_physics/2_6/2_6_1.html}}.</ref> while temperature coefficients ((1/''ρ'') d''ρ''/d''T'') are taken from Smithells Metals Reference Book.<ref>{{citation | title = Smithells Metals Reference Book | editor1-first = W. F. | editor1-last = Gale | editor2-first = T. C. | editor2-last = Totemeier | edition = 8th | publisher = Butterworth-Heinemann | year = 2004 | isbn = 0750675098 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zweHvqOdcs0C&lpg=RA1-PA19&pg=RA1-PA19#v=onepage&f=false | pages = 19-1–19-2}}.</ref>

==Notes==
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