C68000 Brass vs. C74000 Nickel Silver
Both C68000 brass and C74000 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68000 brass and the bottom bar is C74000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 380 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56 to 60 | |
| 69 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.010 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.75 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.6 to 42.8 | |
| 14.2 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |