Austempered Cast Iron vs. Commercially Pure Palladium
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is commercially pure palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 200 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 12 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 5.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 4.5 to 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 6.2 to 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |