Grade Ti-Pd17 Titanium vs. Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium
Both grade Ti-Pd17 titanium and grade Ti-Pd8A titanium are titanium alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade Ti-Pd17 titanium and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd8A titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 3.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 840 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 520 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0.12 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.9 to 99.96 | |
| 98.8 to 99.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |