60Pd-40Ag Alloy vs. SAE-AISI M3 Class 2 Steel
60Pd-40Ag alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Pd-40Ag alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 720 | |
| 770 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 to 18 | |
| 26 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 16 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 24 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 75.8 to 82.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 59.5 to 60.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 39.1 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |