C33500 Brass vs. C42200 Brass
Both C33500 brass and C42200 brass are copper alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C33500 brass and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 28 | |
2.0 to 46 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
0.33 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 91 | |
56 to 87 |
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 52 to 78 | |
27 to 74 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
42 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 360 | |
210 to 350 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
300 to 610 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 420 | |
100 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
200 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
1040 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
1020 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
380 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
18 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
31 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
8.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
44 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
320 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.0 to 160 | |
12 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 69 to 860 | |
49 to 1460 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
7.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 22 | |
9.5 to 19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
11 to 18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
39 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
10 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
86 to 89 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.4 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 33.8 to 37.8 | |
8.7 to 13.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |