2218 Aluminum vs. C43000 Brass
2218 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C43000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2218 aluminum and the bottom bar is C43000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 10 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 430 | |
| 320 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 310 | |
| 130 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 37 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 27 to 31 | |
| 20 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 650 | |
| 82 to 1350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 39 | |
| 10 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 41 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 52 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 19 | |
| 11 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.8 to 93.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 84 to 87 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.7 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 9.7 to 14.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |