AWS BVAu-2 vs. ASTM B540 Palladium
Both AWS BVAu-2 and ASTM B540 palladium are otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 24% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 15 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 AWS BVAu-2 and the bottom bar is ASTM B540 palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.38 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 | |
| 830 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 92 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1220 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 180 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.6 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.1 | |
| 41 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 19.5 to 20.5 | |
| 13.5 to 14.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 79.5 to 80.5 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |