C75700 Nickel Silver vs. R05255 Alloy
C75700 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R05255 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75700 nickel silver and the bottom bar is R05255 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.2 to 22 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 610 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 580 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 6.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 630 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 120 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 930 to 1410 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 9.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 95.9 to 98 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 19.2 to 25.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |