Light Annealed (O50) C46500 Brass
O50 C46500 brass is C46500 brass in the O50 (light annealed) temper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare O50 C46500 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
100 GPa 15 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
42 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.31
Rockwell B Hardness
60
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness
57
Shear Modulus
40 GPa 5.8 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
290 MPa 42 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
430 MPa 62 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
220 MPa 31 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
170 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
120 °C 250 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
900 °C 1650 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
890 °C 1630 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
380 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
26 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
29 % 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
47 MJ/kg 20 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
330 L/kg 39 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
150 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
230 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
7.2 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
20 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
15 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
16 points
Thermal Diffusivity
38 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
14 points
Alloy Composition
| Cu | 59 to 62 | |
| Zn | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| Sn | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| Pb | 0 to 0.2 | |
| Fe | 0 to 0.1 | |
| As | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.4 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.