ASTM B540 Palladium vs. C99600 Bronze
ASTM B540 palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 ASTM B540 palladium and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 14 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1240 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 1000 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1220 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 100 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1790 to 4660 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 to 61 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 14.5 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Gold (Au), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 34 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 29 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |