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5454 Aluminum vs. C99750 Brass

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61 to 93
110 to 120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
130
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
20 to 30
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
48
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
450 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
220 to 280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
840
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
820
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
410
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
23
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
87 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
190 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
8.6
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
15 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
16 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0.25 to 3.0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
55 to 61
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.5 to 2.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
17 to 23
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 5.0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
17 to 23
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3

Comparable Variants