C97800 Nickel Silver vs. SAE-AISI T6 Steel
C97800 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI T6 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 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 C97800 nickel silver and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T6 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 48 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 | |
| 880 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1830 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1140 | |
| 1770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 26 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 21 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 26 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 64 to 67 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 55.9 to 63.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |