C43000 Brass vs. C19500 Copper
Both C43000 brass and C19500 copper are copper alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C43000 brass and the bottom bar is C19500 copper.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 55 | |
2.3 to 38 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.34 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 30 to 100 | |
71 to 86 |
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 57 to 86 | |
66 to 76 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
44 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 410 | |
260 to 360 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 710 | |
380 to 640 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 550 | |
120 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
210 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
1090 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
1090 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
390 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
200 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
50 to 56 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
50 to 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
31 |
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 | |
310 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 150 | |
14 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 1350 | |
59 to 1530 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
7.3 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 23 | |
12 to 20 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 20 | |
13 to 18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
58 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 25 | |
13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 1.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 84 to 87 | |
94.9 to 98.6 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0.010 to 0.35 |
Tin (Sn), % | 1.7 to 2.7 | |
0.1 to 1.0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 9.7 to 14.3 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |