C77300 Nickel Silver vs. Grade CW6M Nickel
C77300 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C77300 nickel silver and the bottom bar is grade CW6M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 46 to 50 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 54.9 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 37.9 to 45 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |