C70620 Copper-nickel vs. 90-silver 10-nickel
C70620 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 90-silver 10-nickel belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C70620 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is 90-silver 10-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 570 | |
| 250 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 4.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 18 | |
| 6.7 to 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.5 to 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 20 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.5 to 90 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 8.8 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 89 to 91 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |