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C73500 Nickel Silver vs. C42600 Brass

Both C73500 nickel silver and C42600 brass are copper alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 130
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 580
410 to 830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1140
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
1010
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.5
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.7
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
31
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
340

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.0
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 19
13 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 18
14 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
33
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 19
15 to 29

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 70.5 to 73.5
87 to 90
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0.050 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 19.5
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.020 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 13
5.3 to 10.4
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2

Comparable Variants