C38000 Brass vs. C17200 Copper
Both C38000 brass and C17200 copper are copper alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C38000 brass and the bottom bar is C17200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 1.1 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 330 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 480 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 | |
| 160 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 110 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 800 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 760 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 50 | |
| 4.2 to 500 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 74 | |
| 110 to 5720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 16 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 16 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 60 | |
| 96.1 to 98 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.9 to 43.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |