C76400 Nickel Silver vs. C82400 Copper
Both C76400 nickel silver and C82400 copper are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C76400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C82400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 610 | |
| 500 to 1030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.7 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.1 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 16 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.3 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58.5 to 61.5 | |
| 96 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17.7 to 25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |