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C74500 Nickel Silver vs. 6066 Aluminum

C74500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 6066 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is 6066 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
70
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 24
7.8 to 17
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
26
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
95 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 700
160 to 400
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 600
93 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 970
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.0
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.7
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 160
23 to 52
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 620 to 1540
61 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 23
16 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
23 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
61
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 23
6.9 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 97
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 63.5 to 66.5
0.7 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.6 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 11
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.9 to 1.8
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 21.2 to 27.5
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15