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Metal Catalog

Metal catalog, conductors

Use Antenna Toolbox™ functions to select and customize different metals for designing an antenna. Explore different conductor materials and model the conductivity and thickness of the metal to optimize your antenna design and reduce resistive losses.

Metal Catalog

PEC

PEC

  • σ = Inf

  • d = 0

Copper

copper

  • σ = 59.6e06 S/m

  • d = 3.556e-05 m

Aluminium

aluminium

  • σ = 37.7e06 S/m

  • d = 7.62e-04 m

Gold

gold

  • σ = 41.1e06 S/m

  • d = 2e-07 m

Silver

silver

  • σ = 63e06 S/m

  • d = 2e-07 m

Custom

custom metal

  • σ = User defined

  • d = User defined

Zinc

zinc

  • σ = 16.9e06 S/m

  • d = 1.016e-04 m

Tungsten

tungsten

  • σ = 17.9e06 S/m

  • d = 2e-07 m

Lead

lead

  • σ = 4.55e06 S/m

  • d = 2e-07 m

Iron

iron

  • σ = 10e06 S/m

  • d = 2e-07 m

Steel

steel

  • σ = 6.99e06 S/m

  • d = 0.68e-03 m

Brass

brass

  • σ = 15.9e06 S/m

  • d = 0.68e-03 m

Apps

Antenna DesignerDesign, visualize, and analyze antennas
Antenna Array DesignerDesign, visualize, and analyze arrays (Since R2019b)

Functions

metalConductor material (Since R2021a)
MetalCatalogCatalog of metals (Since R2021a)