C16500 Copper vs. C48500 Brass
Both C16500 copper and C48500 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 C48500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 13 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 250 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 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 56 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.1 |
| 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 17 |
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 | |
| 1.3 to 2.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34.3 to 39.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |