C49300 Brass vs. Type 4 Niobium
C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Type 4 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C49300 brass and the bottom bar is Type 4 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 20 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 520 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 410 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 88 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 to 71 | |
| 44 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 800 | |
| 93 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 29 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 98.1 to 99.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |