C85800 Brass vs. C19500 Copper
Both C85800 brass and C19500 copper are copper alloys. They have 64% 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 C85800 brass and the bottom bar is C19500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 56 | |
| 71 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 380 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 120 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 84 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 22 | |
| 50 to 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 14 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 59 to 1530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 27 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 69 | |
| 94.9 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.010 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31 to 41 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |