Nickel 59 vs. 85-platinum 15-iridium
Nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 85-platinum 15-iridium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 59 and the bottom bar is 85-platinum 15-iridium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 5.5 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.38 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 560 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1820 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1790 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 22 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 5.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 7.1 to 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 6.9 to 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iridium (Ir), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 15.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 15 to 16.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 56.2 to 62.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 84.3 to 85.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |