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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. C77000 Nickel Silver

S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C77000 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C77000 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
46
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
420 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
400
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
31
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
300

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
8.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
14 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
15 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
15 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
53.5 to 56.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
16.5 to 19.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
22.7 to 30
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5