C82800 Copper vs. C44300 Brass
Both C82800 copper and C44300 brass are copper alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82800 copper and the bottom bar is C44300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1000 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 4080 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 70 to 73 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 25.2 to 29.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |