Commercially Pure Palladium vs. C61400 Bronze
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C61400 bronze 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 C61400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 370 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 540 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 18 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86 to 92.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |