AWS E320LR vs. C73500 Nickel Silver
AWS E320LR belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 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 AWS E320LR and the bottom bar is C73500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 380 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1140 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 70.5 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.7 to 42.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 36 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.7 to 13 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |