70Ag-30Ni Alloy vs. SAE-AISI A7 Steel
70Ag-30Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI A7 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 70Ag-30Ni alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A7 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 800 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 300 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.8 to 15 | |
| 29 to 77 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 25 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 27 to 72 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 5.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 81.4 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28.8 to 31 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 69 to 71 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.9 to 5.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |