C21000 Brass vs. C82800 Copper
Both C21000 brass and C82800 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 95% 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 C21000 brass and the bottom bar is C82800 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.9 to 50 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 36 to 73 | |
| 45 to 85 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 450 | |
| 670 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 to 440 | |
| 380 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 56 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 57 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 100 | |
| 11 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 to 830 | |
| 590 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 14 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 15 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 69 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 to 15 | |
| 23 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 96 | |
| 94.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 3.7 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |