C36000 Brass vs. C66700 Brass
Both C36000 brass and C66700 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C36000 brass and the bottom bar is C66700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.8 to 23 | |
| 2.0 to 58 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 250 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 530 | |
| 340 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 260 | |
| 100 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 97 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 17 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 62 | |
| 13 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 340 | |
| 49 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 11 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 68.5 to 71.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 2.5 to 3.7 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 26.3 to 30.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |