C97300 Nickel Silver vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
C97300 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C97300 nickel silver and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.8 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.0 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 53 to 58 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |