C76200 Nickel Silver vs. C86500 Bronze
Both C76200 nickel silver and C86500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C76200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C86500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 86 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 61 | |
| 55 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.4 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 24.2 to 32 | |
| 36 to 42 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |