C15500 Copper vs. C85400 Brass
Both C15500 copper and C85400 brass are copper alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 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, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 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 | 1080 | |
| 940 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 89 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 91 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 7.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 9.9 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
| 7.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 65 to 70 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.8 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |