C41500 Brass vs. C97800 Nickel Silver
Both C41500 brass and C97800 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 70% 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 C41500 brass and the bottom bar is C97800 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 42 | |
| 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 560 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 550 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 4.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 4.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 120 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1340 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 93 | |
| 64 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.2 to 9.5 | |
| 1.0 to 4.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |