C96700 Copper vs. C35000 Brass
Both C96700 copper and C35000 brass are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C96700 copper and the bottom bar is C35000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 | |
| 340 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1170 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.9 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.4 to 68.8 | |
| 60 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 29 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34.5 to 39.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |