C99400 Brass vs. C82400 Copper
Both C99400 brass and C82400 copper are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is C82400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 500 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 260 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 270 to 3870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 96 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |