C18400 Copper vs. C68300 Brass
Both C18400 copper and C68300 brass are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C18400 copper and the bottom bar is C68300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 50 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 16 to 84 | |
| 60 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 490 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 480 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 120 | |
| 56 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 54 to 980 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 15 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 16 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.2 to 99.6 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 34.2 to 40.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |