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C73500 Nickel Silver vs. C15500 Copper

Both C73500 nickel silver and C15500 copper are copper alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 580
280 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1140
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
1080
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
350
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.5
90
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.7
91

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
33
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
360

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.0
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 19
8.6 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 18
11 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
100
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 19
9.8 to 20

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 70.5 to 73.5
99.75 to 99.853
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.080 to 0.13
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 19.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.040 to 0.080
Silver (Ag), % 0
0.027 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 13
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2

Comparable Variants