C42200 Brass vs. C43400 Brass
Both C42200 brass and C43400 brass are copper alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C42200 brass and the bottom bar is C43400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 46 | |
| 3.0 to 49 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 56 to 87 | |
| 54 to 94 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 27 to 74 | |
| 22 to 84 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 350 | |
| 250 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 610 | |
| 310 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 570 | |
| 110 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 31 | |
| 31 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 110 | |
| 19 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 49 to 1460 | |
| 57 to 1420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 21 | |
| 11 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 84 to 87 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 8.7 to 13.2 | |
| 11.4 to 15.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |