H80 C10500 Copper vs. H80 C33200 Brass
Both H80 C10500 copper and H80 C33200 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H80 (hard drawn) temper. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H80 C10500 copper and the bottom bar is H80 C33200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 100 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 | |
| 960 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.89 to 99.966 | |
| 65 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.034 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 33.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |