C68700 Brass vs. C70400 Copper-nickel
Both C68700 brass and C70400 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68700 brass and the bottom bar is C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 95 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 25 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 38 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 9.3 to 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 76 to 79 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17.8 to 22.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |