| Quantity | Value | Units | Value | Units |
| Atomic number | 26 | |||
| Atomic mass | 55.845(2) | g mol-1 | ||
| Density | 7.874 | g cm-3 | ||
| Mean excitation energy | 286.0 | eV | ||
| Minimum ionization | 1.451 | MeV g-1cm2 | 11.43 | MeV cm-1 |
| Nuclear interaction length | 132.1 | g cm-2 | 16.77 | cm |
| Nuclear collision length | 81.7 | g cm-2 | 10.37 | cm |
| Pion interaction length | 160.7 | g cm-2 | 20.41 | cm |
| Pion collision length | 107.0 | g cm-2 | 13.59 | cm |
| Radiation length | 13.84 | g cm-2 | 1.757 | cm |
| Critical energy | 21.68 | MeV (for e-) | 21.00 | MeV (for e+) |
| Muon critical energy | 347. | GeV | ||
| Molière radius | 13.53 | g cm-2 | 1.719 | cm |
| Plasma energy ℏωp | 55.17 | eV | ||
| Melting point | 1811. | K | 1538. | C |
| Boiling point @ 1 atm | 3134. | K | 2861. | C |