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C74500 Nickel Silver vs. C46200 Brass

Both C74500 nickel silver and C46200 brass are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C46200 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
100
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 24
17 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
40
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
240 to 290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 700
370 to 480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 600
120 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
840
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 970
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
24
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 160
69 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 620 to 1540
72 to 400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 23
13 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
14 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 23
12 to 16

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 63.5 to 66.5
62 to 65
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 11
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 21.2 to 27.5
33.3 to 37.5
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants