C75400 Nickel Silver vs. C10700 Copper
Both C75400 nickel silver and C10700 copper are copper alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C10700 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 43 | |
| 2.2 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 27 to 77 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 590 | |
| 77 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 100 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 120 | |
| 7.9 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 1450 | |
| 25 to 710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 7.2 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 8.2 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 99.83 to 99.915 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.085 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 16.2 to 22.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |