Solder Alloy 122 vs. N08028 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 122 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while N08028 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 solder alloy 122 and the bottom bar is N08028 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 10 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.43 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 6.9 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 27 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 28 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 6.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 540 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 8.2 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.77 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.0 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.9 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.6 to 1.4 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 29 to 40.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 88.4 to 90.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |