60Pd-40Ag Alloy vs. C55280 Copper
60Pd-40Ag alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C55280 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Pd-40Ag alloy and the bottom bar is C55280 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 720 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 8.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 to 18 | |
| 5.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 16 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 90.5 to 91.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 59.5 to 60.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 6.8 to 7.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 39.1 to 40.5 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |