C74000 Nickel Silver vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
C74000 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 431 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74000 nickel silver and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 590 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 42 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 69 to 73.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 14.2 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |