C77100 Nickel Silver vs. C86400 Bronze
Both C77100 nickel silver and C86400 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C77100 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C86400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 88 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 19 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 52 to 56 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 39 | |
| 34 to 42 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |