C70250 Copper vs. C99750 Brass
Both C70250 copper and C99750 brass are copper alloys. They have 61% 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 C70250 copper and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 740 | |
| 450 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 36 to 50 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 37 to 51 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.7 to 97.5 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |