Commercially Pure Palladium vs. C23000 Brass
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C23000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is C23000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 2.9 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 220 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 280 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 37 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 39 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 8.9 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 9.4 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 84 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 13.7 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |