Solder Alloy 123 vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 123 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 123 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.44 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 6.2 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 28 | |
| 670 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 26 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 310 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 130 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 29 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 4.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 500 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 7.8 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.69 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 1.8 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.8 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 87.1 to 90.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 93.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |