C74500 Nickel Silver vs. 50Cr-50Ni Alloy
C74500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 24 | |
| 5.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 600 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 160 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 to 1540 | |
| 350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 44.5 to 52 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.2 to 27.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |