S45503 Stainless Steel vs. C75700 Nickel Silver
S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C75700 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C75700 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 3.2 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 590 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 470 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 19 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 22 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 63.5 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 19.2 to 25.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |