Work Hardened ASTM B522 Class II Gold-Silver-Platinum Alloy
Work hardened ASTM B522 class II is ASTM B522 class II in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare work hardened ASTM B522 class II to: precious metal electrical contact alloys (top), all alloys in the same category (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
96 GPa 14 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
1.1 %
Knoop Hardness
150
Poisson's Ratio
0.41
Shear Modulus
34 GPa 5.0 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
280 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
490 MPa 70 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
210 MPa 30 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
77 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1030 °C 1890 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1030 °C 1880 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
160 J/kg-K 0.037 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Expansion
15 µm/m-K
Other Material Properties
Density
17 g/cm3 1070 lb/ft3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
11 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
5.7 % IACS
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
4.4 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
230 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
3.1 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
8.9 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
7.8 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
8.0 points
Thermal Shock Resistance
24 points
Alloy Composition
| Au | 68.5 to 69.5 | |
| Ag | 24.5 to 25.5 | |
| Pt | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| S | 0 to 0.010 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.26 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM B522: Standard Specification for Gold-Silver-Platinum Electrical Contact Alloy
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015