C33500 Brass vs. C96700 Copper
Both C33500 brass and C96700 copper are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C33500 brass and the bottom bar is C96700 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 28 | |
| 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 53 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
| 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 420 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 90 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.0 to 160 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 69 to 860 | |
| 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 40 |
Alloy Composition
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| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 62.4 to 68.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.8 to 37.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |