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C97800 Nickel Silver vs. 515.0 Aluminum

C97800 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C97800 nickel silver and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
70
Elongation at Break, % 10
10
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 48
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 370
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 220
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 230
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1180
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1140
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 40
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.1
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
1120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.1
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
93.6 to 96.6
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Copper (Cu), % 64 to 67
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.3
Lead (Pb), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0.5 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.080
0
Tin (Sn), % 4.0 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 1.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15