C35000 Brass vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
C35000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C35000 brass and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic 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 | |
| 500 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.5 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |