Commercially Pure Palladium vs. AWS BCo-1
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS BCo-1 belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 15 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 commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is AWS BCo-1.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
78 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
700 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
1150 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
1120 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
8.1 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
21 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.7 to 0.9 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.35 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
18 to 20 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
46 to 54 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
7.5 to 8.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |