C41500 Brass vs. C66900 Brass
Both C41500 brass and C66900 brass are copper alloys. They have 71% 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 C41500 brass and the bottom bar is C66900 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 42 | |
| 1.1 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 62 to 90 | |
| 65 to 100 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 36 to 75 | |
| 60 to 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 360 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 560 | |
| 460 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 550 | |
| 330 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 3.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 120 | |
| 4.6 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1340 | |
| 460 to 2450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 14 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 93 | |
| 62.5 to 64.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.2 to 9.5 | |
| 22.5 to 26 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |