C79600 Nickel Silver vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
C79600 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 301L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C79600 nickel silver and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 38.3 to 45.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |