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C73500 Nickel Silver vs. C36000 Brass

Both C73500 nickel silver and C36000 brass are copper alloys. They have 71% 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 C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C36000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
39
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 580
330 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1140
900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
890
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.5
26
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.7
29

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
23
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
320

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.0
7.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 19
11 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 18
13 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 19
11 to 18

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 70.5 to 73.5
60 to 63
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
2.5 to 3.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 19.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 13
32.5 to 37.5
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants