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C84500 Brass vs. C44400 Brass

Both C84500 brass and C44400 brass are copper alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C84500 brass and the bottom bar is C44400 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 150
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 980
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 840
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 72
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 16
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 17
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
26
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 340
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 45
65
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.6
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.8
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 23
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.25
0.020 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 77 to 79
70 to 73
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.060
Lead (Pb), % 6.0 to 7.5
0 to 0.070
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.080
0
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0.9 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 10 to 14
25.2 to 29.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4