Commercially Pure Zinc vs. C47940 Brass
Commercially pure zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while C47940 brass belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zinc and the bottom bar is C47940 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 38 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 97 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 79 | |
| 160 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 68 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 36 | |
| 120 to 740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 63 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.827 to 100 | |
| 28.1 to 34.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |