Commercially Pure Palladium vs. S35000 Stainless Steel
Commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S35000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure palladium and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 11 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 200 | |
| 740 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 380 | |
| 1300 to 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 to 8.8 | |
| 46 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 to 9.7 | |
| 34 to 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 42 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.11 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 72.7 to 76.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |