Commercially Pure Silver vs. S28200 Stainless Steel
Commercially pure silver belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S28200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure silver and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 190 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 340 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 to 8.9 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 to 10 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 57.7 to 64.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |