85-silver 15-nickel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
Both 85-silver 15-nickel and commercially pure zirconium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 85-silver 15-nickel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 88 | |
| 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 32 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 6.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 to 13 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.9 to 13 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13.8 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 84 to 86 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |