C55180 Copper vs. C68000 Brass
Both C55180 copper and C68000 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55180 copper and the bottom bar is C68000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 790 to 930 | |
| 880 to 980 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 710 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.8 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.7 to 95.2 | |
| 56 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 4.8 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.6 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |