H80 C14200 Copper vs. H80 C37100 Brass
Both H80 C14200 copper and H80 C37100 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H80 (hard drawn) temper. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H80 C14200 copper and the bottom bar is H80 C37100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 | |
| 80 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 63 | |
| 71 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 45 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 38 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 500 | |
| 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.4 to 99.835 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |