AWS ERNiCrMo-2 vs. C68000 Brass
AWS ERNiCrMo-2 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C68000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERNiCrMo-2 and the bottom bar is C68000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 56 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40.3 to 53.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.6 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |