C14520 Copper vs. C32000 Brass
Both C14520 copper and C32000 brass are copper alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14520 copper and the bottom bar is C32000 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 9.6 | |
6.8 to 29 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
41 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 190 | |
180 to 280 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
270 to 470 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
78 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
190 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
1020 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
990 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
380 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
160 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
19 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 85 | |
36 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 85 | |
37 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
28 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
42 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
310 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 29 | |
30 to 59 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 280 | |
28 to 680 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
7.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.0 to 10 | |
8.8 to 15 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
11 to 16 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
47 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 12 | |
9.5 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Copper (Cu), % | 99.2 to 99.596 | |
83.5 to 86.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0040 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Tellurium (Te), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
10.6 to 15 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |