C77400 Nickel Silver vs. C19200 Copper
Both C77400 nickel silver and C19200 copper are copper alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C77400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C19200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 2.0 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 73 | |
| 38 to 76 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 280 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 98 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 810 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 770 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 58 to 74 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 58 to 75 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 10 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 42 to 1120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 8.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 10 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 43 to 47 | |
| 98.5 to 99.19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.040 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 41.3 to 48 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |