| Quantity | Value | Units | Value | Units |
| <Z/A> | 0.41569 | |||
| Density | 4.51 | g cm-3 | ||
| Mean excitation energy | 553.1 | eV | ||
| Minimum ionization | 1.243 | MeV g-1cm2 | 5.605 | MeV cm-1 |
| Nuclear collision length | 100.6 | g cm-2 | 22.30 | cm |
| Nuclear interaction length | 171.5 | g cm-2 | 38.04 | cm |
| Pion collision length | 124.7 | g cm-2 | 27.65 | cm |
| Pion interaction length | 199.0 | g cm-2 | 44.12 | cm |
| Radiation length | 8.39 | g cm-2 | 1.860 | cm |
| Critical energy | 11.17 | MeV (for e-) | 10.80 | MeV (for e+) |
| Molière radius | 15.92 | g cm-2 | 3.531 | cm |
Plasma energy ![]() |
39.46 | eV | ||
| Muon critical energy | 198. | GeV | ||
| Melting point | 894.2 | K | 621.0 | C |
| Boiling point @ 1 atm | 1553. | K | 1280. | C |
| Index of refraction (@ STP, Na D) | 1.79 |
| Elem | Z | Atomic frac* | Mass frac* |
| 53 | |||
| 55 | |||
| * calculated from mass fraction data. | |||