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C47000 Brass vs. C77100 Nickel Silver

Both C47000 brass and C77100 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C47000 brass and the bottom bar is C77100 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
45
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 900
990
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 890
950
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
27
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
56
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 38
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.010
0
Copper (Cu), % 57 to 61
52 to 56
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Tin (Sn), % 0.25 to 1.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 37.5 to 42.8
30.6 to 39
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5