C77600 Nickel Silver vs. C68300 Brass
Both C77600 nickel silver and C68300 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the M30 (as hot extruded) condition. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 C77600 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C68300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 60 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 830 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 790 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 60 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 56 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 42 to 45 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 39.7 to 46 | |
| 34.2 to 40.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |