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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C97400 Nickel Silver

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C97400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C97400 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
70
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
20
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1100
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1070
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
33
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
64
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
43
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
59
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
8.5
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
11
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
8.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
8.8

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
58 to 61
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0 to 1.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
15.5 to 17
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
10 to 19.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.0