N06650 Nickel vs. C38000 Brass
N06650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C38000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06650 nickel and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 640 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 800 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 380 | |
| 50 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 | |
| 74 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 55 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 12 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.4 to 58.9 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.9 to 43.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |