C77300 Nickel Silver vs. C84100 Brass
Both C77300 nickel silver and C84100 brass are copper alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 C77300 nickel silver and the bottom bar is C84100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
110 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
39 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
190 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
160 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
1000 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
810 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
380 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
19 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.5 | |
23 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.3 | |
25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
48 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
340 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
7.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
7.4 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
9.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
7.8 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Copper (Cu), % | 46 to 50 | |
78 to 85 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0.050 to 0.25 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 4.5 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 37.9 to 45 | |
12 to 20 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |