C14510 Copper vs. C99750 Brass
Both C14510 copper and C99750 brass are copper alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14510 copper and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 9.6 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 29 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 280 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.2 to 10 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.15 to 99.69 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |