C46200 Brass vs. Nickel 625
C46200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46200 brass and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 530 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 790 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 320 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |