C74500 Nickel Silver vs. AISI 301LN Stainless Steel
C74500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 301LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 24 | |
| 23 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 450 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 630 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 600 | |
| 270 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 160 | |
| 220 to 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 to 1540 | |
| 180 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 22 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 21 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 70.7 to 77.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.2 to 27.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |