Grade N7M Nickel vs. C49300 Brass
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N7M nickel and the bottom bar is C49300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 4.5 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 430 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 210 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 21 to 71 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 220 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.9 to 70 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 30.6 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |