C68000 Brass vs. EN 2.4650 Nickel
C68000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 C68000 brass and the bottom bar is EN 2.4650 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 96 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 | |
| 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56 to 60 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.010 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.6 to 6.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 46.9 to 54.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.75 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.6 to 42.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |