C46200 Brass vs. C66300 Brass
Both C46200 brass and C66300 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 C46200 brass and the bottom bar is C66300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 2.3 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 290 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 460 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 17 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 710 to 2850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 16 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 84.5 to 87.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.4 to 2.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 6.0 to 12.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |