AISI 329 Stainless Steel vs. C77400 Nickel Silver
AISI 329 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C77400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 AISI 329 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C77400 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 | |
| 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 28 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 43 to 47 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.1 to 74 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 5.0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 41.3 to 48 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |