Commercially Pure Silver vs. SAE-AISI T2 Steel
Commercially pure silver belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI T2 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 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 commercially pure silver and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 340 | |
| 780 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1820 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 420 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 9.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 to 8.9 | |
| 23 to 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 to 10 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 170 | |
| 4.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 17 | |
| 23 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 0.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 70.8 to 75.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |