AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. C78200 Nickel Silver
AISI 317 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C78200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C78200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 to 55 | |
| 3.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 280 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 370 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 170 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 18 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 130 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 12 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 20.2 to 28.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |