C74000 Nickel Silver vs. Nickel 601
C74000 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74000 nickel silver and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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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 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 590 | |
| 660 to 890 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 42 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 69 to 73.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 14.2 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |