Solder Alloy 171 vs. AWS E320LR
Solder alloy 171 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E320LR belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 171 and the bottom bar is AWS E320LR.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 48 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 47 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 87 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.5 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.3 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.7 | |
| 15 |
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 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 32.7 to 42.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 34.7 to 36.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 32 to 36 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 61.5 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |