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C99400 Brass vs. C32000 Brass

Both C99400 brass and C32000 brass are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is C32000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460 to 550
270 to 470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 370
78 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
1020
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 17
36
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 17
37

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
28
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 590
28 to 680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 17
8.8 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 17
11 to 16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 19
9.5 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 83.5 to 96.5
83.5 to 86.5
Iron (Fe), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
1.5 to 2.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.25
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0.5 to 5.0
10.6 to 15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4