C36000 Brass vs. Grade CU5MCuC Nickel
C36000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel 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 C36000 brass and the bottom bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.8 to 23 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 530 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 260 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 62 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 340 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 22.2 to 37.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 2.5 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 38 to 44 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |