C69700 Brass vs. C42200 Brass
Both C69700 brass and C42200 brass are copper alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C69700 brass and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 2.0 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 210 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 300 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 100 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 49 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 10 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 75 to 80 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.9 to 22 | |
| 8.7 to 13.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |