Nickel 601 vs. C87900 Brass
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C87900 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 nickel 601 and the bottom bar is C87900 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 63 to 69.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 36 |