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C68000 Brass vs. C44300 Brass

Both C68000 brass and C44300 brass are copper alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C68000 brass and the bottom bar is C44300 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 140
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 880
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 870
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 96
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
26
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
65
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 31
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.010
0
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Copper (Cu), % 56 to 60
70 to 73
Iron (Fe), % 0.25 to 1.3
0 to 0.060
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0.010 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.040 to 0.15
0
Tin (Sn), % 0.75 to 1.1
0.9 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 35.6 to 42.8
25.2 to 29.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4