Tungsten Carbide vs. C76200 Nickel Silver
Tungsten carbide and C76200 nickel silver belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Tungsten carbide 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 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is tungsten carbide and the bottom bar is C76200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 630 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.24 | |
| 0.31 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 390 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 85 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.4 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 15 | |
| 8.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.6 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 21 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 to 26 |