Commercially Pure Palladium vs. C14510 Copper
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C14510 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is C14510 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 9.1 to 9.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 300 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 9.2 to 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 11 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.15 to 99.69 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.030 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |