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Spruce-pine-fir vs. C76200 Nickel Silver

Spruce-pine-fir and C76200 nickel silver belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Spruce-pine-fir is a polymeric 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 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is spruce-pine-fir and the bottom bar is C76200 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 16
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.38
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 1.2
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 85
390 to 790

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
170
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1380
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.12
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.5
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.5
8.2

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 18
7.8
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47
13 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 86
14 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.17
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58
13 to 26