C75400 Nickel Silver vs. C22600 Bronze
Both C75400 nickel silver and C22600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C75400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C22600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 43 | |
| 2.5 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 90 | |
| 46 to 85 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 27 to 77 | |
| 51 to 77 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 330 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 590 | |
| 270 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 120 | |
| 14 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 1450 | |
| 330 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 16.2 to 22.5 | |
| 10.7 to 14 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |