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C16500 Copper vs. C48200 Brass

Both C16500 copper and C48200 brass are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is C48200 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
100
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 53
15 to 40
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
40
Shear Strength, MPa 200 to 310
260 to 300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 530
400 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 520
160 to 320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
890
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 250
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 60
26
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 61
29

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 42
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.8 to 110
61 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 1160
120 to 500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 17
14 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
15 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 74
38
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8 to 19
13 to 16

Alloy Composition

Cadmium (Cd), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.8 to 98.9
59 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0.5 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
35.5 to 40.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants