S20910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B540 Palladium
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B540 palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B540 palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 1.1 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.38 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 500 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 830 to 1240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 620 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1220 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 13 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 1790 to 4660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 41 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 14.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |