MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN-MC95310 Magnesium vs. 90-platinum 10-iridium

EN-MC95310 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while 90-platinum 10-iridium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN-MC95310 magnesium and the bottom bar is 90-platinum 10-iridium.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.2
5.5 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.38
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
74
Shear Strength, MPa 160
220 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
330 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
100
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 960
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 25
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.9
22

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
5.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 61
9.1
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
4.2 to 7.1
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
4.9 to 6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
13 to 22

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.030
0
Iridium (Ir), % 0
9.5 to 10.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.010
0
Lithium (Li), % 0 to 0.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 88.9 to 93.4
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Platinum (Pt), % 0
89.3 to 90.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.010
0
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 1.5 to 4.0
0
Yttrium (Y), % 4.8 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2