Solder Alloy 101 vs. Nickel 690
Solder alloy 101 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 101 and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 14 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 48 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 31 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 27 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 930 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 9.9 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.0 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.5 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 2.4 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 35.8 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 62.5 to 63.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |