C72900 Copper-nickel vs. C42600 Brass
Both C72900 copper-nickel and C42600 brass are copper alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72900 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 20 | |
| 1.1 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 280 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1080 | |
| 410 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 920 | |
| 220 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 72 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 210 | |
| 9.4 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2030 to 3490 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 34 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.6 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 38 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 74.1 to 78 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14.5 to 15.5 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 5.3 to 10.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |