CC762S Brass vs. C46500 Brass
Both CC762S brass and C46500 brass are copper alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC762S brass and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 840 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1290 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 67 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.4 to 36 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |