C76200 Nickel Silver vs. C72500 Copper-nickel
Both C76200 nickel silver and C72500 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C76200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C72500 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 | 
| Rockwell B Hardness | 28 to 99 | |
| 75 to 100 | 
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 66 to 91 | |
| 62 to 89 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 45 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 420 to 780 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 210 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 210 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1130 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1060 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 54 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 11 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 11 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 35 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.6 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 55 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 | 
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 13 to 24 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 14 to 21 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 16 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 14 to 27 | 
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 61 | |
| 85.2 to 89.7 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.6 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 8.5 to 10.5 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.8 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 24.2 to 32 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |