C76200 Nickel Silver vs. C43000 Brass
Both C76200 nickel silver and C43000 brass are copper alloys. They have 71% 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 C76200 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C43000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 28 to 99 | |
| 30 to 100 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 66 to 91 | |
| 57 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 320 to 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 10 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 11 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 61 | |
| 84 to 87 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 24.2 to 32 | |
| 9.7 to 14.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |