C47940 Brass vs. C71640 Copper-nickel
Both C47940 brass and C71640 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C47940 brass and the bottom bar is C71640 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 490 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 390 | |
| 190 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 740 | |
| 130 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 66 | |
| 61.7 to 67.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 34.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |