Quarter-hard 85-silver 15-nickel vs. Quarter-hard Palladium
Both quarter-hard 85-silver 15-nickel and quarter-hard palladium are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the quarter-hard temper. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is quarter-hard 85-silver 15-nickel and the bottom bar is quarter-hard palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 88 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 32 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 86 | |
| 16 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 75 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 12 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.8 | |
| 5.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 7.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 8.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13.8 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 84 to 86 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |