C21000 Brass vs. C77600 Nickel Silver
Both C21000 brass and C77600 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C21000 brass and the bottom bar is C77600 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.9 to 50 | |
| 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 36 to 73 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 450 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 to 440 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 830 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 790 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 56 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 57 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 60 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 100 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 to 830 | |
| 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 14 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 15 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 to 15 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 96 | |
| 42 to 45 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 3.7 to 6.0 | |
| 39.7 to 46 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |