Solder Alloy 401 vs. Nickel 684
Solder alloy 401 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 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 401 and the bottom bar is nickel 684.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 9.0 | |
| 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 42.7 to 64 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |