MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Full-Hard (H04) C27400 Brass

H04 C27400 brass is C27400 brass in the H04 (full hard) temper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare H04 C27400 brass to: wrought brasses (top), all copper alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

110 GPa 15 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

16 %

Poisson's Ratio

0.31

Rockwell B Hardness

80

Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness

71

Shear Modulus

40 GPa 5.8 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

310 MPa 45 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

510 MPa 73 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

340 MPa 49 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

170 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

120 °C 250 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

920 °C 1680 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

870 °C 1600 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

390 J/kg-K 0.092 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

120 W/m-K 67 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

21 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

28 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

31 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

23 % relative

Density

8.0 g/cm3 500 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.7 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

45 MJ/kg 20 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

320 L/kg 38 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

73 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

550 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

7.2 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

20 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

17 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

18 points

Thermal Diffusivity

37 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

17 points

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu)Cu 61 to 64
Zinc (Zn)Zn 35.6 to 39
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb)Pb 0 to 0.050
Residualsres. 0 to 0.3

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM B134: Standard Specification for Brass Wire

ASM Specialty Handbook: Copper and Copper Alloys, J. R. Davis (editor), 2001

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015