Resistivities at room temperature
From Sears, Zemansky and Young 1976
 
 
Substance resistivity (ohm meter)
Metals
Silver 1.47 E -8
Copper 1.72 E -8
Aluminum 2.63 E -8
Alloys
Constantan 49 E -9
Nichrome 100 E -8
Semiconductors
Carbon 3.5 E -5
Germanium .6
Silicon 2300
Insulators
Glass E 10 - E 14
Lucite > E 13
Quartz (fused) 75 E 16