50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. C85700 Brass
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C85700 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is C85700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 59 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 64 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |