PtIr30 Material Datasheet

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Material Description

Material Number Material Name Standard Status VDA 231-106 classification
PtIr30 PtIr30 Valid 4.1 1)
1) Remark: The platinum-iridium material PtIr30 (in the literature also: Pt30Ir or Pt70Ir30) is used as contact material for switching contacts (switches and relays for higher alternating current loads with a long service life) as well as for laboratory devices or structural components such as satellite control nozzles that are mechanically stressed, thermally and corrosively heavily used. The mechanical, thermal and corrosive resistance increases with increasing iridium content. In an oxidizing atmosphere, increased weight loss occurs in platinum-iridium alloys. Further fields of application for this material are the use as potentiometer alloy as well as for clamping bands. The material is ductile, corrosion-resistant, oxidation-resistant up to 1000°C, abrasion-resistant, hardenable and resistant to high temperatures. It is non-cutting and machinable machinable, roll-clad and conditionally deductible from the gas phase.

Chemical Composition

Ir [%] Pt [%]
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Material Compliance

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Mechanical Properties

Condition Temperature [°C] Tensile Strength [MPa] Yield Strength (0.2% offset) [MPa] Elongation A [%] Hardness HV
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Physical Properties

Condition Temperature [°C] Melting Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³] Young's Modulus [GPa] Shear Modulus [GPa] Mean Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (reference 20°C) [10^-6*K^-1] Specific Electrical Resistance [µΩm]
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Cross Reference

Material Name
Pt30Ir
Pt70Ir30
Pt/Ir70/30

Producer/Supplier/Trade names

Tradename Supplier
PtIr30 Evonik-Degussa GmbH, Essen

Classification

WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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Density

Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³]
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Linear-elastic

Temperature [°C] Young's modulus [GPa] Bulk modulus [GPa] Shear modulus [GPa] Poisson's ratio
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Yield strength

Temperature [°C] 0.1% Proof strength [MPa] 0.2% Proof strength [MPa] Yield strength [MPa]
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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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Coefficient thermal expansion

Related Temperature [°C] Temperature [°C] Coefficient thermal expansion [10^-6*K^-1]
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Electrical resistivity

Temperature [°C] Specific electrical resistance [µΩm]
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Designation

Designation Material number Source
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Classification

WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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Density

Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³]
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Linear-elastic

Temperature [°C] Young's modulus [GPa] Bulk modulus [GPa] Shear modulus [GPa] Poisson's ratio
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Yield strength

Temperature [°C] 0.1% Proof strength [MPa] 0.2% Proof strength [MPa] Yield strength [MPa]
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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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Electrical resistivity

Temperature [°C] Specific electrical resistance [µΩm]
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Classification

WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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Density

Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³]
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Linear-elastic

Temperature [°C] Young's modulus [GPa] Bulk modulus [GPa] Shear modulus [GPa] Poisson's ratio
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Yield strength

Temperature [°C] 0.1% Proof strength [MPa] 0.2% Proof strength [MPa] Yield strength [MPa]
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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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Electrical resistivity

Temperature [°C] Specific electrical resistance [µΩm]
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