S44700 Stainless Steel vs. C77000 Nickel Silver
S44700 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 (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C77000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 420 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 53.5 to 56.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.9 to 68.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 22.7 to 30 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |