C37100 Brass vs. C82600 Copper
Both C37100 brass and C82600 copper are copper alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C37100 brass and the bottom bar is C82600 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 520 | |
| 570 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 320 to 1070 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 30 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 120 | |
| 11 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 750 | |
| 430 to 4690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 19 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 94.9 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |