C82200 Copper vs. C85800 Brass
Both C82200 copper and C85800 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82200 copper and the bottom bar is C85800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 96 | |
| 56 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 46 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 48 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 57 to 69 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |