Type 2 Pewter vs. Nickel 200
Type 2 pewter belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 pewter and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 52 to 68 | |
| 420 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 69 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1220 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.9 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 2.0 to 2.6 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.3 to 5.1 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.4 to 4.4 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 5.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 90 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |