Solder Alloy 122 vs. Nickel 890
Solder alloy 122 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 122 and the bottom bar is nickel 890.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.43 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 6.9 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 27 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 28 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 47 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 540 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 8.2 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.77 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.0 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.9 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.050 to 0.6 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23.5 to 28.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 17.3 to 33.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 88.4 to 90.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |