Commercially Pure Palladium vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 5.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 5.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 19 to 46 |