Commercially Pure Palladium vs. R30003 Cobalt
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 18 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 R30003 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 10 to 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 970 to 1720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 8.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 26 to 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 26 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 20.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |