C42500 Brass vs. AWS ER110S-1
C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS ER110S-1 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C42500 brass and the bottom bar is AWS ER110S-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 49 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 590 | |
| 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 55 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 130 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 1570 | |
| 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 to 20 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 92.8 to 96.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.1 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |