Solder Alloy 135 vs. Grade CW2M Nickel
Solder alloy 135 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade CW2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 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 solder alloy 135 and the bottom bar is grade CW2M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 9.5 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 36 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 250 | |
| 1520 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 190 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 160 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 720 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.0 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.4 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.5 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0.5 to 1.8 | |
| 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 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 67.1 to 70 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 60.1 to 70 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 29.5 to 30.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |