C26800 Brass vs. 5086 Aluminum
C26800 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 5086 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C26800 brass and the bottom bar is 5086 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 650 | |
| 270 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 31 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 30 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -360 | |
| -760 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 28 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 34 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 22 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 93 to 96.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 64 to 68.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31 to 36 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |