C48500 Brass vs. C75700 Nickel Silver
Both C48500 brass and C75700 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C48500 brass and the bottom bar is C75700 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 3.2 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 590 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 470 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 19 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 930 to 1410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 22 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 63.5 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 19.2 to 25.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |