C48600 Brass vs. C74000 Nickel Silver
Both C48600 brass and C74000 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 C48600 brass and the bottom bar is C74000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 55 to 58 | |
| 70 to 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 360 | |
| 380 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 12 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 12 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 69 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.4 to 39.7 | |
| 14.2 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |