C23000 Brass vs. C35000 Brass
Both C23000 brass and C35000 brass are copper alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C23000 brass and the bottom bar is C35000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 48 to 87 | |
| 53 to 91 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 51 to 77 | |
| 52 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 590 | |
| 340 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 37 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 39 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.9 to 19 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.4 to 20 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 84 to 86 | |
| 60 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.7 to 16 | |
| 34.5 to 39.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |