C69700 Brass vs. Grade VDC Steel
C69700 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade VDC steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C69700 brass and the bottom bar is grade VDC steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 75 to 80 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 98.3 to 99.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.9 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |