C74000 Nickel Silver vs. C21000 Brass
Both C74000 nickel silver and C21000 brass are copper alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74000 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C21000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 70 to 88 | |
| 36 to 73 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 590 | |
| 240 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 42 | |
| 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 7.4 to 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 9.6 to 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 8.1 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 69 to 73.5 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 14.2 to 22 | |
| 3.7 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |