Solder Alloy 401 vs. Chromium 33
Both solder alloy 401 and chromium 33 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 401 and the bottom bar is chromium 33.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 84 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 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 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 25.7 to 37.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |