C78200 Nickel Silver vs. C36500 Muntz Metal
Both C78200 nickel silver and C36500 Muntz Metal are copper alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C78200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C36500 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 40 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 65 to 90 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 400 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 570 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 120 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1440 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 67 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 20.2 to 28.5 | |
| 37.5 to 41.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |