H04 C16500 Copper vs. H04 C27200 Brass
Both H04 C16500 copper and H04 C27200 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H04 (full hard) temper. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H04 C16500 copper and the bottom bar is H04 C27200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 71 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 66 | |
| 68 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34.6 to 38 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |