70Ag-30Ni Alloy vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel
70Ag-30Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 70Ag-30Ni alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
79 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 530 | |
650 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
300 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 300 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
7.8 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.8 to 15 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 15 | |
21 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 21 | |
18 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
20.5 to 23.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
51.9 to 62.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 28.8 to 31 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Silver (Ag), % | 69 to 71 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |