C46500 Brass vs. N06045 Nickel
C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46500 brass and the bottom bar is N06045 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 98 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.12 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 45 to 50.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |