Shear Modulus of an Element

Shear modulus is a material property that characterizes how a material deforms under shear stress.  It is a measure of the material's resistance to deformation when subjected to forces that act parallel to one of its surfaces while its opposite surfaces are held fixed.

The shear modulus is used in the study of material mechanics and elasticity.  It provides information about how a material responds to shear forces, which are forces that act parallel to a surface or a plane within the material.  Different materials have different shear moduli, reflecting their unique mechanical properties.  In isotropic materials (materials with the same properties in all directions), the shear modulus is related to other elastic constants such as the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio.

 

Shear Modulus of an Element
Element Name	Element Symbol	Shear Modulus  \(GPa\)
Actinium	Ac	N/A
Aluminum	Al	26
Americium	Am	N/A
Antimony	Sb	20
Argon	Ar	N/A
Arsenic	As	N/A
Astatine	At	N/A
Barium	Ba	4.9
Berkelium	Bk	N/A
Beryllium	Be	132
Bismuth	Bi	12
Bohrium	Bh	N/A
Boron	B	N/A
Bromine	Br	N/A
Cadmium	Cd	19
Caesium	Cs	N/A
Calcium	Ca	7.4
Californium	Cf	N/A
Carbon	C	N/A
Cerium	Ce	14
Chlorine	Cl	N/A
Chromium	Cr	115
Cobalt	Co	76
Copper	Cu	48
Curium	Cm	N/A
Darmstadtium	Ds	N/A
Dubnium	Db	N/A
Dysprosium	Dy	25
Einsteinium	Es	N/A
Erbium	Er	28
Europium	Eu	7.9
Fermium	Fm	N/A
Fluorine	F	N/A
Francium	Fr	N/A
Gadolinium	Gd	22
Gallium	Ga	N/A
Germanium	Ge	N/A
Gold	Au	27
Hafnium	Hf	30
Hassium	Hs	N/A
Helium	He	N/A
Holmium	Ho	26
Hydrogen	H	N/A
Indium	In	N/A
Iodine	I	N/A
Iridium	Ir	210
Iron	Fe	82
Krypton	Kr	N/A
Lanthanum	La	14
Lawrencium	Lr	N/A
Lead	Pb	5.6
Lithium	Li	4.2
Lutetium	Lu	27
Magnesium	Mg	17
Manganese	Mn	N/A
Meitnerium	Mt	N/A
Mendelevium	Md	N/A
Mercury	Hg	N/A
Molybdenum	Mo	20
Neodymium	Nd	16
Neon	Ne	N/A
Neptunium	Np	N/A
Nickel	Ni	76
Niobium	Nb	38
Nitrogen	N	N/A
Nobelium	No	N/A
Osmium	Os	222
Oxygen	O	N/A
Palladium	Pd	44
Phosphorus	P	N/A
Platinum	Pt	61
Plutonium	Pu	43
Polonium	Po	N/A
Potassium	K	1.3
Praseodymium	Pr	15
Promethium	Pm	18
Protactinium	Pa	N/A
Radium	Ra	N/A
Radon	Rn	N/A
Rhenium	Re	178
Rhodium	Rh	150
Roentgenium	Rg	N/A
Rubidium	Rb	N/A
Ruthenium	Ru	173
Rutherfordium	Rf	N/A
Samarium	Sm	20
Scandium	Sc	29
Seaborgium	Sg	N/A
Selenium	Se	3.7
Silicon	Si	N/A
Silver	Ag	30
Sodium	Na	3.3
Strontium	Sr	6.1
Sulfur	S	N/A
Tantalum	Ta	67
Technetium	Tc	N/A
Tellurium	Te	16
Terbium	Tb	22
Thallium	Tl	2.8
Thorium	Th	31
Thulium	Tm	31
Tin	Sn	18
Titanium	Ti	44
Tungsten	W	161
Ununbium	Uub	N/A
Ununhexium	Uuh	N/A
Ununoctium	Uuo	N/A
Ununpentium	Uup	N/A
Ununquadium	Uuq	N/A
Ununseptium	Uus	N/A
Ununtrium	Uut	N/A
Uranium	U	111
Vanadium	V	47
Xenon	Xe	N/A
Ytterbium	Yb	10
Yttrium	Y	26
Zinc	Zn	43
Zirconium	Zr	33
Element Name	Element Symbol	Shear Modulus  \(GPa\)