ASTM B540 Palladium vs. R30008 Cobalt
ASTM B540 palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B540 palladium and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 14 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1240 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 1000 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1220 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 8.4 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1790 to 4660 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 to 61 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 34 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 29 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |