C75700 Nickel Silver vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
C75700 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75700 nickel silver and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.2 to 22 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 610 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 580 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 120 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 930 to 1410 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 19.2 to 25.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |