MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S82012 Stainless Steel vs. C76400 Nickel Silver

S82012 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C76400 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S82012 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C76400 nickel silver.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
46
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
590 to 610

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
990
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
950
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
31
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
5.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
6.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
32
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
300

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
8.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
19 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
18 to 19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
9.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
19 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 20.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
58.5 to 61.5
Iron (Fe), % 71.3 to 77.9
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.8 to 1.5
16.5 to 19.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.16 to 0.26
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
17.7 to 25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5