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Which metal withstands the greatest heat?

Melting points of the thirteen metals tracked compared: ruthenium melts only at 2,334 degrees, tin already at 231.9 degrees — more than two thousand degrees separate them.

Metal facts · Melting point

Which metal withstands the greatest heat?

2,214 degrees separate Tin from Iridium. A soldering iron makes Tin flow at 231.9 °C — Iridium would need 10.5 times that temperature.

1 Iridium 2,446 °C

2 Ruthenium 2,334 °C

3 Rhodium 1,964 °C

4 Platinum 1,768 °C

5 Palladium 1,555 °C

6 Nickel 1,455 °C

7 Copper 1,085 °C

8 Gold 1,064 °C

9 Silver 961.8 °C

10 Aluminium 660.3 °C

11 Zinc 419.5 °C

12 Lead 327.5 °C

13 Tin 231.9 °C

Melting temperature at normal pressure. Gold melts at 1,064 °C — far below the platinum group metals, but well above anything a house fire reaches. The order is a material property and does not change.

Platinum Group Metals & Troy Ounce

Where the numbers come from

This chart shows physical properties of the metals. They do not change — a new measurement would produce the same values.

material property Physical properties of the metals (density, melting point) — does not change

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