C82600 Copper vs. C99750 Brass
Both C82600 copper and C99750 brass are copper alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82600 copper and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 1140 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 1070 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 20 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 97 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 4690 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 39 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.3 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 97.2 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |