C85400 Brass vs. C81500 Copper
Both C85400 brass and C81500 copper are copper alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C85400 brass and the bottom bar is C81500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 55 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 85 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 89 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
| 82 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 22 | |
| 83 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 | |
| 56 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 35 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 28 | |
| 91 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 65 to 70 | |
| 97.4 to 99.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 24 to 32 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |