C41500 Brass vs. Grade N12MV Nickel
C41500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C41500 brass and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 42 | |
| 6.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 560 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 550 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 120 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1340 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 60.2 to 69.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.2 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |