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C75700 Nickel Silver vs. 515.0 Aluminum

C75700 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C75700 nickel silver and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
70
Elongation at Break, % 3.2 to 22
10
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
26
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 370
190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 610
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1040
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 990
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.4
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 56
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.8
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 20
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 23
13

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.6 to 96.6
Copper (Cu), % 63.5 to 66.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 11 to 13
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.5 to 10
Zinc (Zn), % 19.2 to 25.5
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.15