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C99400 Brass vs. 5457 Aluminum

C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 5457 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is 5457 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460 to 550
130 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 370
50 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 17
46
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 17
150

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 590
18 to 250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 17
13 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 17
21 to 28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 19
5.7 to 9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.5 to 2.0
97.8 to 99.05
Copper (Cu), % 83.5 to 96.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 3.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 2.0
0 to 0.080
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0.5 to 5.0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1