MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C74400 Nickel Silver vs. C43000 Brass

Both C74400 nickel silver and C43000 brass are copper alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 C74400 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C43000 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Elongation at Break, % 43
3.0 to 55
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
42
Shear Strength, MPa 240
230 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
320 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120
130 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 140
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 930
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 910
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
27
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 29
28

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
29
Density, g/cm3 8.2
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
20 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 63
82 to 1350
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
10 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14
12 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 37
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
11 to 25

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Copper (Cu), % 62 to 66
84 to 87
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
1.7 to 2.7
Zinc (Zn), % 29.6 to 36
9.7 to 14.3
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5