SAE-AISI H43 Steel vs. C77400 Nickel Silver
SAE-AISI H43 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C77400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 SAE-AISI H43 steel and the bottom bar is C77400 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2140 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 75 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 62 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 43 to 47 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 85.9 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.8 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 41.3 to 48 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |