ASTM B540 Palladium vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal
Both ASTM B540 palladium and grade 3 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B540 palladium and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 56 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 21 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 1000 | |
| 46 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 79 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1220 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1790 to 4660 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 4.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 14.5 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 34 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 29 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 82.3 to 85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |