C47940 Brass vs. Nickel 601
C47940 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 601 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 C47940 brass and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 310 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 390 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 100 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 740 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 66 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 34.6 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |