N06255 Nickel vs. C24000 Brass
N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C24000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06255 nickel and the bottom bar is C24000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 310 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 10 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 78.5 to 81.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 24 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.69 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 18.2 to 21.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |