Nickel 718 vs. C99400 Brass
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is C99400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 460 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 230 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 17 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 230 to 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 16 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 83.5 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |