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