C35000 Brass vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
C35000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.3961 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C35000 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.5 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |