C66900 Brass vs. Nickel 718
C66900 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66900 brass and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 26 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 770 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 760 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.8 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.6 to 200 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2450 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.5 to 64.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 22.5 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |