C43500 Brass vs. N06007 Nickel
C43500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06007 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C43500 brass and the bottom bar is N06007 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.5 to 46 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 310 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 480 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 120 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 65 to 1040 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 17 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 23.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 83 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 36.1 to 51.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 15.4 to 20.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |