50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. C68800 Brass
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C68800 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is C68800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 2.0 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 390 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 190 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 16 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 710 to 2860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 19 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 19 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 3.0 to 3.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 70.8 to 75.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.3 to 24.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |