85-silver 15-nickel vs. Nuclear Grade Hafnium
Both 85-silver 15-nickel and nuclear grade hafnium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 85-silver 15-nickel and the bottom bar is nuclear grade hafnium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 88 | |
| 78 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 5.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.8 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 to 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.9 to 13 | |
| 8.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13.8 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 84 to 86 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |