C46400 Brass vs. C69300 Brass
Both C46400 brass and C69300 brass are copper alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46400 brass and the bottom bar is C69300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 330 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 300 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 140 | |
| 47 to 70 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 400 to 700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 73 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 40.5 | |
| 18.4 to 24.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |