60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. C37100 Brass
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C37100 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is C37100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 370 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 150 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 110 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 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 | |
| 36.3 to 41.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |