AWS BNi-10 vs. C87800 Brass
AWS BNi-10 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C87800 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 AWS BNi-10 and the bottom bar is C87800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 80 to 84.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 57.2 to 67.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |