AWS ERNiMo-3 vs. C34500 Brass
AWS ERNiMo-3 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C34500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 AWS ERNiMo-3 and the bottom bar is C34500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 340 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 53.7 to 69 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 36.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |