C96600 Copper vs. C85700 Brass
Both C96600 copper and C85700 brass are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C96600 copper and the bottom bar is C85700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.0 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 280 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.1 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 | |
| 59 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.4 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63.5 to 69.8 | |
| 58 to 64 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 29 to 33 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |