C82200 Copper vs. C33500 Brass
Both C82200 copper and C33500 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C82200 copper and the bottom bar is C33500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 3.0 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 96 | |
| 53 to 91 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 340 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 120 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 46 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 8.0 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 69 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.8 to 37.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |