Commercially Pure Palladium vs. C48200 Brass
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C48200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is C48200 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 15 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 260 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 400 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.0 |
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 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.5 to 40.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |