C46400 Brass vs. C69700 Brass
Both C46400 brass and C69700 brass are copper alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C46400 brass and the bottom bar is C69700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 880 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 140 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 75 to 80 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 40.5 | |
| 13.9 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |