Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. Commercially Pure Palladium
Both nuclear grade hafnium and commercially pure palladium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is commercially pure palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 200 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 160 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 12 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 5.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 4.5 to 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 6.2 to 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |