C74500 Nickel Silver vs. C70400 Copper-nickel
Both C74500 nickel silver and C70400 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 600 | |
| 95 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.7 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 to 1540 | |
| 38 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 9.3 to 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.2 to 27.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |