CC763S Brass vs. EN AC-48000 Aluminum
CC763S brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN AC-48000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 CC763S brass and the bottom bar is EN AC-48000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 | |
| 1.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 220 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 210 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 830 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 1030 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 | |
| 2.2 to 3.0 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 | |
| 300 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 10 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 80.4 to 87.2 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56.5 to 67 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 18.9 to 41 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |