MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C42200 Brass vs. 6262 Aluminum

C42200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 6262 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C42200 brass and the bottom bar is 6262 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
68
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 46
4.6 to 10
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
26
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 350
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 300 to 610
290 to 390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 570
270 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1040
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 31
44
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 32
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
10
Density, g/cm3 8.6
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 110
17 to 31
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 49 to 1460
530 to 940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 9.5 to 19
29 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 18
35 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 39
69
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 21
13 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.7 to 97.8
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.040 to 0.14
Copper (Cu), % 86 to 89
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.7
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0.4 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.35
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Tin (Sn), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 8.7 to 13.2
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15