C34000 Brass vs. N07776 Nickel
C34000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 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 C34000 brass and the bottom bar is N07776 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
| 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 24.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 60 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33 to 37.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |