C85800 Brass vs. C82000 Copper
Both C85800 brass and C82000 copper are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C85800 brass and the bottom bar is C82000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 8.0 to 20 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 | 
| Rockwell B Hardness | 56 | |
| 55 to 95 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 45 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 350 to 690 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 140 to 520 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 220 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 220 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1090 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 970 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 84 | |
| 260 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
| 45 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 22 | |
| 46 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 60 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.9 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.0 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 77 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 320 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 51 to 55 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 80 to 1120 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.5 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 11 to 22 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 12 to 20 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 27 | |
| 76 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 24 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 | 
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 | 
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 2.7 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 69 | |
| 95.2 to 97.4 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31 to 41 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |