C79200 Nickel Silver vs. Austempered Cast Iron
C79200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 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 C79200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 910 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 66.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17.9 to 29.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |