EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. C78200 Nickel Silver
EN 1.4849 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C78200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C78200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 | |
| 3.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 370 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 170 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1020 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.1 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 | |
| 18 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 130 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 12 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.6 to 43.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 to 39 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 20.2 to 28.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |