Solder Alloy 601 vs. AWS ENiCrMo-4
Solder alloy 601 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS ENiCrMo-4 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 601 and the bottom bar is AWS ENiCrMo-4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 83 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 11 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 12 | |
| 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 43 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 120 | |
| 1590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 120 | |
| 1530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1330 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.45 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 1.6 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.2 | |
| 22 |
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 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 51 to 52.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 4.0 to 7.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 49.9 to 63.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 47.5 to 48.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |