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PtIr20 Alloy: Superior Performance in High‑Stress, High‑Temperature, and Corrosive Environments

The platinum-iridium material PtIr20 (in the literature also: Pt20Ir, Pt80Ir20, Pt / Ir80 / 20) is used for switch contacts as well as for laboratory devices or structural components such as eg. B. 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. PtIr20 is used for switches and relays for higher AC loads (currents over 300 mA at voltages above 12 V) with a long service life. Another field of application for this material is the use as a potentiometer alloy.

Properties

General

PropertyTemperatureValue

Density

20.0 °C

21.7 g/cm³

Mechanical

PropertyTemperatureValueComment

Elastic modulus

20.0 °C

230 GPa

Elongation

20.0 °C

2 %

Hardness, Vickers

20.0 °C

300 [-]

Poisson's ratio

23.0 °C

0.39 [-]

Typical for Platinum

Shear modulus

23.0 °C

62 GPa

Typical for Platinum

Tensile strength

20.0 °C

650 - 940 MPa

Yield strength Rp0.2

20.0 °C

920 MPa

Thermal

PropertyTemperatureValueComment

Coefficient of thermal expansion

100.0 °C

8.3E-6 1/K

Melting point

1769 °C

Typical for Platinum

Specific heat capacity

23.0 °C

136 J/(kg·K)

Typical for Platinum

Thermal conductivity

23.0 °C

69 - 73 W/(m·K)

Typical for Platinum

Electrical

PropertyTemperatureValue

Electrical resistivity

20.0 °C

3.1E-7 Ω·m

Chemical properties

PropertyValue

Iridium

20 %

Platinum

80 %


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