| Quantity | Value | Units | Value | Units |
| Atomic number | 74 | |||
| Atomic mass | 183.84(1) | g mole-1 | ||
| Specific gravity | 19.30 | g cm-3 | ||
| Mean excitation energy | 727.0 | eV | ||
| Minimum ionization | 1.145 | MeV g-1cm2 | 22.10 | MeV cm-1 |
| Nuclear collision length | 110.4 | g cm-2 | 5.719 | cm |
| Nuclear interaction length | 191.9 | g cm-2 | 9.946 | cm |
| Pion collision length | 133.9 | g cm-2 | 6.936 | cm |
| Pion interaction length | 218.7 | g cm-2 | 11.33 | cm |
| Radiation length | 6.76 | g cm-2 | 0.3504 | cm |
| Critical energy | 7.97 | MeV (for e-) | 7.68 | MeV (for e+) |
| Molière radius | 18.00 | g cm-2 | 0.9327 | cm |
| Plasma energy ℏωp | 80.32 | eV | ||
| Muon critical energy | 150. | GeV | ||
| Melting point | 3695. | K | 3422. | C |
| Boiling point @ 1 atm | 5828. | K | 5555. | C |