C79200 Nickel Silver vs. C99600 Bronze
Both C79200 nickel silver and C99600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 C79200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 910 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 66.5 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17.9 to 29.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |