Nickel 600 vs. C66200 Brass
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C66200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is C66200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 270 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 410 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 35 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 36 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 40 to 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 760 to 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 86.6 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 12.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |