C77600 Nickel Silver vs. C52400 Bronze
Both C77600 nickel silver and C52400 bronze are copper alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 C77600 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C52400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 50 to 100 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 450 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 830 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 790 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 60 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 17 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 42 to 45 | |
| 87.8 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 39.7 to 46 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |