Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. C44400 Brass
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C44400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is C44400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
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| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 70 to 73 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 25.2 to 29.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |