C26000 Brass vs. C66700 Brass
Both C26000 brass and C66700 brass are copper alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C26000 brass and the bottom bar is C66700 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 66 | |
| 2.0 to 58 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 93 | |
| 57 to 93 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 52 to 78 | |
| 30 to 90 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 250 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 680 | |
| 340 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 570 | |
| 100 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 97 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 17 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 to 420 | |
| 13 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 51 to 1490 | |
| 49 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 11 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0059 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68.5 to 71.5 | |
| 68.5 to 71.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 31.5 | |
| 26.3 to 30.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |