Tungsten Carbide vs. C68700 Brass
Tungsten carbide and C68700 brass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Tungsten carbide is a ceramic material, while C68700 brass is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is tungsten carbide and the bottom bar is C68700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 630 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.24 | |
| 0.32 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 160 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 85 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.4 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 15 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.6 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 21 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |