C47000 Brass vs. ASTM A182 Grade F911
C47000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while ASTM A182 grade F911 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C47000 brass and the bottom bar is ASTM A182 grade F911.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 36 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00030 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.090 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 61 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 86.2 to 88.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.090 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 37.5 to 42.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |