ASTM B540 Palladium vs. Type 2 Pewter
Both ASTM B540 palladium and Type 2 pewter are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 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 ASTM B540 palladium and the bottom bar is Type 2 pewter.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 52 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1240 | |
| 52 to 68 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 69 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1220 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 2.0 to 2.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 4.3 to 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 to 61 | |
| 3.4 to 4.4 |
Alloy Composition
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| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 14.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 34 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 29 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 90 to 93 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |