C74500 Nickel Silver vs. C21000 Brass
Both C74500 nickel silver and C21000 brass are copper alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C74500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C21000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 24 | |
| 2.9 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 66 to 94 | |
| 36 to 73 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 60 to 79 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 240 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 600 | |
| 69 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.7 | |
| 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 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
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 160 | |
| 13 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 to 1540 | |
| 21 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 7.4 to 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 9.6 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 8.1 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 66.5 | |
| 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), % | 21.2 to 27.5 | |
| 3.7 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |