Absolute roughness - k - for some common materials can be found in the table below

Surface

Absolute Roughness Coefficient

-k(m) 10-3

(feet)

Copper, Lead, Brass, Aluminum (new)

0.001 - 0.002

3.33 - 6.7 10-6

PVC and Plastic Pipes

0.0015 - 0.007

0.5 - 2.33 10-5

Stainless steel

0.015

5 10-5

Steel commercial pipe

0.045 - 0.09

1.5 - 3 10-4

Stretched steel

0.015

5 10-5

Weld steel

0.045

1.5 10-4

Galvanized steel

0.15

5 10-4

Rusted steel (corrosion)

0.15 - 4

5 - 133 10-4

New cast iron

0.25 - 0.8

8 - 27 10-4

Worn cast iron

0.8 - 1.5

2.7 - 5 10-3

Rusty cast iron

1.5 - 2.5

5 - 8.3 10-3

Sheet or asphalted cast iron

0.01 - 0.015

3.33 - 5 10-5

Smoothed cement

0.3

1 10-3

Ordinary concrete

0.3 - 1

1 - 3.33 10-3

Coarse concrete

0.3 - 5

1 - 16.7 10-3

Well planed wood

0.18 - 0,9

6 - 30 10-4

Ordinary wood

16.7 10-3