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EN AC-46400 Aluminum vs. CC752S Brass

EN AC-46400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while CC752S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 EN AC-46400 aluminum and the bottom bar is CC752S brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 77 to 120
100
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
100
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 1.7
8.4
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 310
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110 to 270
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
840
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
28

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 4.9
25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 82 to 500
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 32
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 38
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 14
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85.4 to 90.5
0.3 to 0.7
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.14
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.040 to 0.14
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.3
61.5 to 64.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
1.5 to 2.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.55
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 8.3 to 9.7
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.8
31.5 to 36.7
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0