C68300 Brass vs. C66200 Brass
Both C68300 brass and C66200 brass are copper alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68300 brass and the bottom bar is C66200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 270 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 410 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 | |
| 40 to 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 760 to 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 63 | |
| 86.6 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.2 to 40.4 | |
| 6.5 to 12.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |