60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. C42500 Brass
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is C42500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 310 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 120 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 64 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 9.9 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 11 to 22 |
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 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| 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 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.1 to 11.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |