85-platinum 15-iridium vs. ASTM B628 Ag-Cu
Both 85-platinum 15-iridium and ASTM B628 Ag-Cu are otherwise unclassified metals. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 85-platinum 15-iridium and the bottom bar is ASTM B628 Ag-Cu.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.5 to 34 | |
| 1.1 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 730 | |
| 350 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1820 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1790 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 130 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.4 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.2 | |
| 84 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 75 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 22 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.3 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 to 9.3 | |
| 9.5 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 to 8.3 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 28 | |
| 16 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 26.6 to 29 |
| Iridium (Ir), % | 14.5 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 84.3 to 85.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 73 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.21 |