60Pd-40Ag Alloy vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
60Pd-40Ag alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Pd-40Ag alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 720 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 to 18 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 16 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 59.5 to 60.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 39.1 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |