C47940 Brass vs. C18900 Copper
Both C47940 brass and C18900 copper are copper alloys. They have 66% 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 C47940 brass and the bottom bar is C18900 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 14 to 48 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 310 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 260 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 390 | |
| 67 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 100 | |
| 65 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 740 | |
| 20 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 8.2 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 10 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 9.3 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 66 | |
| 97.7 to 99.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 34.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |