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C73500 Nickel Silver vs. C43400 Brass

Both C73500 nickel silver and C43400 brass are copper alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C43400 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Rockwell B Hardness 73 to 88
54 to 94
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness 65 to 75
22 to 84
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 580
310 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1140
1020
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.5
31
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.7
32

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
28
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
320

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.0
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 19
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 18
12 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 19
11 to 24

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 70.5 to 73.5
84 to 87
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 19.5
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 13
11.4 to 15.6
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants