C48500 Brass vs. N07776 Nickel
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 C48500 brass and the bottom bar is N07776 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 24.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 60 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |