Nickel Silver is an alloy of Copper, Nickel and Zinc, but contains no Silver (Ag). It is called Nickel-Silver because of its silvery appearance, and its massive use in the manufacturing of silverware. It is also known as German Silver.
In the annealed condition Nickel-Silver can be deep drawn to manufacture ball point pen cartridges, kettles, parts and luxury fittings.
When cold rolled, Nickel-Silver can reach high hardness and yield strength, and together with high electrical conductivity, corrosion resistance, low fatigue and good soldering ability, it has become one of the most popular materials for electrical switching, relays and communication equipment.
Replacement of mechanical switching by electronic switching dramatically decreased the use of Nickel-Silver, but new applications like RFI and EMI shielding now boost the popularity of this alloy. Nickel-Silver is used on almost every electronic device, and express the full range of its advantages: processing capability,deep drawing, corrosion resistance, high conductivity, springiness and strength, excellent soldering ability, the ability to be stamped or etched.
Maton Metlas stocks NS104 Nickel-Silver, which is an alloy containing 12% Nickel, about 24% Zinc and the balance is Copper.
The following parameters refer only to NS104
