Silver Chloride vs. C76200 Nickel Silver
Silver chloride and C76200 nickel silver belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Silver chloride is a ceramic material, while C76200 nickel silver is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is silver chloride and the bottom bar is C76200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 7.0 | |
| 44 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 460 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 360 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.2 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 31 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.57 | |
| 14 |