SAE-AISI A8 Steel vs. C74000 Nickel Silver
SAE-AISI A8 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C74000 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI A8 steel and the bottom bar is C74000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1920 | |
| 380 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.5 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 73 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 68 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 62 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 69 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.5 to 91.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.75 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 14.2 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |