C75400 Nickel Silver vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
C75400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 43 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 590 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 120 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 1450 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 16.2 to 22.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |