MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. C75200 Nickel Silver

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C75200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-21100 aluminum and the bottom bar is C75200 nickel silver.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
47
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
400 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1110
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1070
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
33
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
6.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
6.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
33
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
300

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
8.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
13 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
14 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
9.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13 to 22

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
63.5 to 66.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
16.5 to 19.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
12.7 to 20
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5