EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. C97800 Nickel Silver
EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C97800 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C97800 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 4.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 4.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 64 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 4.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |