MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C74400 Nickel Silver vs. EN AC-21100 Aluminum

C74400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C74400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is EN AC-21100 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
71
Elongation at Break, % 43
6.2 to 7.3
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
340 to 350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120
210 to 240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 140
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 930
670
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 910
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 29
100

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
11
Density, g/cm3 8.2
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
19 to 21
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 63
300 to 400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
31 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14
36 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 37
48
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.4 to 95.7
Copper (Cu), % 62 to 66
4.2 to 5.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.19
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.55
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.18
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 29.6 to 36
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1