C42600 Brass vs. C47940 Brass
Both C42600 brass and C47940 brass are copper alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C42600 brass and the bottom bar is C47940 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 40 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 470 | |
| 250 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 830 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 810 | |
| 160 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.4 to 140 | |
| 68 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 2970 | |
| 120 to 740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 33 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 13 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 63 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.3 to 10.4 | |
| 28.1 to 34.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |