C66200 Brass vs. Nickel 601
C66200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66200 brass and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 300 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 480 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 36 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 66 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 760 to 1030 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.6 to 91 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.5 to 12.9 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |