C55281 Copper vs. C74500 Nickel Silver
Both C55281 copper and C74500 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55281 copper and the bottom bar is C74500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 | |
| 390 to 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 810 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.5 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.7 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 88.5 to 89.4 | |
| 63.5 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 5.8 to 6.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.8 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.2 to 27.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |