C82200 Copper vs. C66900 Brass
Both C82200 copper and C66900 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% 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 C82200 copper and the bottom bar is C66900 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 1.1 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 96 | |
| 65 to 100 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 460 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 330 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 46 | |
| 3.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 4.6 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 460 to 2450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 14 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 62.5 to 64.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 22.5 to 26 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |