Material Database

PtIr20 / Hera 174

  • General Designation: PtIr20
  • Applications: contacts, electrodes, sliding contacts, spark plug electrodes, Medical wire
  • Product Forms: wire
  • Density (g/cm³): 21.7

Details

Age Hardenable
Yes
Material Behaviour
ductile
Forming Process
formable, machinable, can be roll clad

IACS Min. (%) [100% IACS ≙ 58 S*m/mm²]
5.38
IACS Max. (%) [100% IACS ≙ 58 S*m/mm²]
5.55
Thermo-emf. vs. copper Hard (mV)
0.51
Temperature coefficient of electric resistivity
From Temperature (°C)
To Temperature (°C)
Hard (x10-4/K)
Annealed (x10-4/K)
0 100 7.5 8.2
Sliding Contact
From Ampere
To Ampere
From Volt
To Volt
0.01 1 0 30

Young's Modulus (GPa)
255
Modulus of Rigidity (GPa)
86
Annealed
Hardness (HV)
Tensile strength (MPa)
Yield strength (MPa)
Elongation (%)
190 570 380 21
Work hardened
Hardness (HV)
Tensile Strength (MPa)
Yield Strength (MPa)
Elongation (%)
300 940 920 2
Property Range
Hardness (HV)
Tensile Strength (MPa)
Yield Strength (MPa)
Elongation (%)
190 - 300 570 - 940 380 - 920 2 - 21

Melting Range
From Temperature (°C)
To Temperature (°C)
1830 1855
Linear Coefficient of Expansion³
From Temperature (°C)
To Temperature (°C)
Coefficient (x10-6/K)
20 300 7.7

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