C14510 Copper vs. C85400 Brass
Both C14510 copper and C85400 brass are copper alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 C14510 copper and the bottom bar is C85400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 9.6 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 85 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 940 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 89 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 29 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 280 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.2 to 10 | |
| 7.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 9.9 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 7.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.15 to 99.69 | |
| 65 to 70 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.5 to 3.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |