C85800 Brass vs. C82200 Copper
Both C85800 brass and C82200 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 C82200 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 | |
| 60 to 96 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 390 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 210 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 84 | |
| 180 |
| 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 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 49 to 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 180 to 1130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 27 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 14 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 69 | |
| 97.4 to 98.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31 to 41 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |