C26000 Brass vs. AWS BNi-9
C26000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BNi-9 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C26000 brass and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-9.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 680 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0059 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 3.3 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68.5 to 71.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 83.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 31.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |