Solder Alloy 161 vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 161 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4971 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 161 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 44 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 53 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 48 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 190 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 910 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.7 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.5 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 29 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.1 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 24.3 to 37.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 37.3 to 39.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 59.5 to 60.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |