C77100 Nickel Silver vs. C70260 Copper
Both C77100 nickel silver and C70260 copper are copper alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C77100 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C70260 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 520 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 410 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 40 to 51 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 | |
| 710 to 1810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 18 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 52 to 56 | |
| 95.8 to 98.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |