S46910 Stainless Steel vs. C78200 Nickel Silver
S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C78200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C78200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 3.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 280 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 370 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 170 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 18 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 130 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 12 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 63 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 20.2 to 28.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |