C37100 Brass vs. Nickel 685
C37100 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C37100 brass and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 520 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 120 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 750 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41.4 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |