C74500 Nickel Silver vs. Nickel 684
C74500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is nickel 684.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 24 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 600 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 160 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 to 1540 | |
| 1610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 42.7 to 64 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.2 to 27.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |