MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AZ91A Magnesium vs. C21000 Brass

AZ91A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while C21000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 AZ91A magnesium and the bottom bar is C21000 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 46
110
Elongation at Break, % 5.0
2.9 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 18
43
Shear Strength, MPa 140
180 to 280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
240 to 450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
69 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 360
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1070
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 470
1050
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 990
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 73
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
56
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 52
57

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
30
Density, g/cm3 1.7
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 22
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 990
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
13 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
21 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 69
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
7.4 to 14
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
9.6 to 15
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 42
69
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
8.1 to 15

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 460
Aluminum (Al), % 8.3 to 9.7
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
94 to 96
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.030
Magnesium (Mg), % 88.2 to 91.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.13 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0.35 to 1.0
3.7 to 6.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2