C14180 Copper vs. C47000 Brass
Both C14180 copper and C47000 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14180 copper and the bottom bar is C47000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 1090 to 1150 | |
| 910 to 950 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 370 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 69 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.8 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 57 to 61 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 37.5 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |