C41500 Brass vs. C99400 Brass
Both C41500 brass and C99400 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C41500 brass and the bottom bar is C99400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 560 | |
| 460 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 550 | |
| 230 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 17 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1340 | |
| 230 to 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 16 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 93 | |
| 83.5 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.2 to 9.5 | |
| 0.5 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |