SAE-AISI 50B44 Steel vs. C77300 Nickel Silver
SAE-AISI 50B44 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C77300 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 50B44 steel and the bottom bar is C77300 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 5.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 6.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 46 to 50 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.5 to 98.5 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.040 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 37.9 to 45 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |