Solder Alloy 182 vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
Solder alloy 182 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 18 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 182 and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 4.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.44 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 6.7 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 28 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 28 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 130 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 29 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.95 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 7.9 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.69 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 1.8 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.7 | |
| 16 |
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 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 93.2 to 95 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |