C16200 Copper vs. C42200 Brass
Both C16200 copper and C42200 brass are copper alloys. They have 88% 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 C16200 copper and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 56 | |
| 2.0 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 390 | |
| 210 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 550 | |
| 300 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 48 to 470 | |
| 100 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 31 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 99 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 10 to 970 | |
| 49 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 17 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 to 20 | |
| 10 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.3 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 13.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |