N08120 Nickel vs. C35300 Brass
N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C35300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is C35300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 340 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 60 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.9 to 38.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |