Nickel 684 vs. C26000 Brass
Nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C26000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 684 and the bottom bar is C26000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 2.5 to 66 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1190 | |
| 320 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 | |
| 110 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 6.1 to 420 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1610 | |
| 51 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 | |
| 11 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0059 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 13 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 68.5 to 71.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.7 to 64 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 28.1 to 31.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |