C42500 Brass vs. R05252 Alloy
C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R05252 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C42500 brass and the bottom bar is R05252 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 49 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 590 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 6.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 600 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 130 | |
| 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 1570 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 6.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 to 20 | |
| 5.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 88.8 to 91 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.1 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |