C78200 Nickel Silver vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
C78200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S17600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C78200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 40 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 400 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 630 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 570 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 120 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1440 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 67 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 20.2 to 28.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |