C77100 Nickel Silver vs. EN 1.7706 Steel
C77100 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.7706 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 C77100 nickel silver and the bottom bar is EN 1.7706 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 | |
| 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 52 to 56 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 97.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |