C66200 Brass vs. C19500 Copper
Both C66200 brass and C19500 copper are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C66200 brass and the bottom bar is C19500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 2.3 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 300 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 380 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 480 | |
| 120 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 36 | |
| 50 to 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 66 | |
| 14 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 760 to 1030 | |
| 59 to 1530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.6 to 91 | |
| 94.9 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0.010 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.5 to 12.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |