C33000 Brass vs. C24000 Brass
Both C33000 brass and C24000 brass are copper alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C33000 brass and the bottom bar is C24000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 26 to 69 | |
| 51 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 520 | |
| 310 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 34 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 10 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 65 to 68 | |
| 78.5 to 81.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.8 to 34.8 | |
| 18.2 to 21.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |