C26000 Brass vs. C36500 Muntz Metal
Both C26000 brass and C36500 Muntz Metal are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 C26000 brass and the bottom bar is C36500 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 66 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 93 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 680 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 570 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 to 420 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 51 to 1490 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0059 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68.5 to 71.5 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 31.5 | |
| 37.5 to 41.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |