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C74500 Nickel Silver vs. C43500 Brass

Both C74500 nickel silver and C43500 brass are copper alloys. They have 83% 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 C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C43500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
110
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 24
8.5 to 46
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
42
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
220 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 700
320 to 530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 600
120 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 970
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.0
28
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.7
30

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
28
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 160
44 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 620 to 1540
65 to 1040
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 23
10 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
12 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 23
11 to 18

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 63.5 to 66.5
79 to 83
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.090
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 11
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 21.2 to 27.5
15.4 to 20.4
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3

Comparable Variants