MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C77100 Nickel Silver vs. C23000 Brass

Both C77100 nickel silver and C23000 brass are copper alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C77100 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C23000 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
280 to 590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 540
83 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 150
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 990
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 950
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
37
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
39

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 27
28
Density, g/cm3 8.1
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 56
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
31 to 1040
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.8
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
8.9 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
11 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
48
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
9.4 to 20

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 52 to 56
84 to 86
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0
Zinc (Zn), % 30.6 to 39
13.7 to 16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2