C66900 Brass vs. C71640 Copper-nickel
Both C66900 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66900 brass and the bottom bar is C71640 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 770 | |
| 490 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 760 | |
| 190 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.8 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2450 | |
| 130 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 62.5 to 64.5 | |
| 61.7 to 67.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.7 to 2.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 22.5 to 26 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |