Solder Alloy 401 vs. Type 2 Pewter
Both solder alloy 401 and Type 2 pewter are otherwise unclassified metals. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 401 and the bottom bar is Type 2 pewter.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 9.0 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 52 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 52 to 68 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 69 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 1220 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 2.0 to 2.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 4.3 to 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 3.4 to 4.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 5.0 to 7.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 90 to 93 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |