Nickel 201 vs. C68800 Brass
Nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C68800 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 201 and the bottom bar is C68800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 45 | |
| 2.0 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 380 | |
| 380 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 80 to 510 | |
| 390 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 130 | |
| 16 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 17 to 720 | |
| 710 to 2860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 19 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 19 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 70.8 to 75.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.3 to 24.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |