C77100 Nickel Silver vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
C77100 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 250 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C77100 nickel silver and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 52 to 56 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |