C46400 Brass vs. C12000 Copper
Both C46400 brass and C12000 copper are copper alloys. They have 61% 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 C46400 brass and the bottom bar is C12000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 2.8 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 77 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 98 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 98 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 140 | |
| 10 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 25 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 7.2 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 8.2 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 99.9 to 99.996 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.0040 to 0.012 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |