60Pd-40Ag Alloy vs. Commercially Pure Palladium
Both 60Pd-40Ag alloy and commercially pure palladium are otherwise unclassified metals. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Pd-40Ag alloy and the bottom bar is commercially pure palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Knoop Hardness | 110 to 220 | |
| 68 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 120 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 720 | |
| 200 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.1 | |
| 16 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 5.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 to 18 | |
| 4.5 to 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 16 | |
| 6.2 to 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 59.5 to 60.9 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 39.1 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |