C46500 Brass vs. C74500 Nickel Silver
Both C46500 brass and C74500 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46500 brass and the bottom bar is C74500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 3.0 to 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 55 to 95 | |
| 66 to 94 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 55 to 68 | |
| 60 to 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 310 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 390 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 380 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 9.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 12 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 620 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 63.5 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 21.2 to 27.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |