MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AWS BMg-1 vs. C44400 Brass

AWS BMg-1 belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while C44400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 AWS BMg-1 and the bottom bar is C44400 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 47
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 18
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 440
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 980
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 76
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 11
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 55
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
26
Density, g/cm3 1.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 22
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 980
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
65
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 66
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 43
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10
12

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Aluminum (Al), % 8.3 to 9.7
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0.020 to 0.1
Beryllium (Be), % 0.00020 to 0.00080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
70 to 73
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.060
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.070
Magnesium (Mg), % 86.1 to 89.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 1.7 to 2.3
25.2 to 29.1
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.4