C75700 Nickel Silver vs. C73100 Nickel Silver
Both C75700 nickel silver and C73100 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75700 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C73100 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.2 to 22 | |
| 3.4 to 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 260 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 610 | |
| 450 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 580 | |
| 420 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 120 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 930 to 1410 | |
| 790 to 1560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 15 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 70.8 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 19.2 to 25.5 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |