H03 C26000 Brass vs. H03 C28000 Muntz Metal
Both H03 C26000 brass and H03 C28000 Muntz Metal are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H03 (3/4 hard) temper. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H03 C26000 brass and the bottom bar is H03 C28000 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 77 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 to 420 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 51 to 1490 | |
| 110 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0059 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68.5 to 71.5 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 31.5 | |
| 36.3 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |