C19500 Copper vs. C43400 Brass
Both C19500 copper and C43400 brass are copper alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19500 copper and the bottom bar is C43400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
3.0 to 49 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.33 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 71 to 86 | |
54 to 94 |
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 66 to 76 | |
22 to 84 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
42 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
250 to 390 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
310 to 690 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
110 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
190 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
1020 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
990 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
380 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
19 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 to 56 | |
31 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 50 to 57 | |
32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
28 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
8.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
44 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
320 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
19 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
57 to 1420 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
7.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
10 to 22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
12 to 20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
41 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
11 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
84 to 87 |
Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
0.4 to 1.0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
11.4 to 15.6 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |