C48600 Brass vs. AWS E33-31
C48600 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS E33-31 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C48600 brass and the bottom bar is AWS E33-31.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 360 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 86 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 12 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 12 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 24.7 to 34.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.4 to 39.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |