R60901 Alloy vs. C42600 Brass
R60901 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C42600 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R60901 alloy and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 22 | |
| 1.1 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 580 | |
| 410 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 220 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.3 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 100 | |
| 9.4 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 760 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 67 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.4 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.3 to 10.4 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 96.8 to 97.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |