C37100 Brass vs. C26000 Brass
Both C37100 brass and C26000 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C37100 brass and the bottom bar is C26000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 2.5 to 66 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 43 to 71 | |
| 52 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 520 | |
| 320 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 110 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 30 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 120 | |
| 6.1 to 420 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 750 | |
| 51 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 11 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0059 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 68.5 to 71.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41.4 | |
| 28.1 to 31.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |