C69710 Brass vs. C19000 Copper
Both C69710 brass and C19000 copper are copper alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C69710 brass and the bottom bar is C19000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 170 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 260 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 140 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 60 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 61 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 18 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 89 to 1730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 8.2 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 9.3 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.030 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 75 to 80 | |
| 96.9 to 99 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.8 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |