Grade N7M Nickel vs. C27400 Brass
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C27400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 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 grade N7M nickel and the bottom bar is C27400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 370 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 12 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 61 to 64 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.9 to 70 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.6 to 39 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |