Annealed Silver vs. Annealed SAE-AISI M2
Annealed silver belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while annealed SAE-AISI M2 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed silver and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI M2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 | |
| 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 420 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 170 | |
| 5.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.78 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 78.5 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |