C68100 Brass vs. C49300 Brass
Both C68100 brass and C49300 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C68100 brass and the bottom bar is C49300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 4.5 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 430 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 210 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 98 | |
| 88 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 27 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 | |
| 21 to 71 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 94 | |
| 220 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56 to 60 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.010 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.75 to 1.1 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.4 to 43 | |
| 30.6 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |