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C73500 Nickel Silver vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 580
680 to 2470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1140
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
18
Density, g/cm3 8.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.0
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 19
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 18
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 19
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 70.5 to 73.5
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
65 to 76
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 19.5
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 13
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants