C73500 Nickel Silver vs. R05400 Tantalum
C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is R05400 tantalum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 580 | |
| 210 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 650 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 3.6 to 9.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 4.8 to 8.8 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 13 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 70.5 to 73.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.7 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |