EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. CC764S Brass
EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while CC764S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel and the bottom bar is CC764S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 810 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 94 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 | |
| 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 52 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.9 to 51 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 20.7 to 50.2 |