C91300 Bell Metal vs. Monel K-500
C91300 bell metal belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 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 C91300 bell metal and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 0.5 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 61 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 360 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.1 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.6 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |