C43000 Brass vs. C15500 Copper
Both C43000 brass and C15500 copper are copper alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C43000 brass and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 55 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 710 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 550 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
| 91 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 150 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 1350 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 23 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 25 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 84 to 87 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.7 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 9.7 to 14.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |