C75400 Nickel Silver vs. EN 1.1060 Steel
C75400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.1060 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is EN 1.1060 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 490 to 1720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 17 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 16 to 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.2 to 99.16 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.035 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 16.2 to 22.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |