S35500 Stainless Steel vs. C74500 Nickel Silver
S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C74500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C74500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 3.0 to 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 810 to 910 | |
| 310 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 390 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 380 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 9.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 12 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 620 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 63.5 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.2 to 27.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |