C79600 Nickel Silver vs. C26200 Brass
Both C79600 nickel silver and C26200 brass are copper alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C79600 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C26200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 3.0 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 70 | |
| 55 to 93 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 330 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 110 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 19 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 62 to 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 11 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 67 to 70 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 38.3 to 45.2 | |
| 29.6 to 33 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |