Grade N12MV Nickel vs. C46400 Brass
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C46400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is C46400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 400 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 160 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 76 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.2 to 69.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |