50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. C73500 Nickel Silver
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is C73500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 380 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 210 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 70.5 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.7 to 13 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |