C99700 Brass vs. C19700 Copper
Both C99700 brass and C19700 copper are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 C99700 brass and the bottom bar is C19700 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 2.4 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 400 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 330 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 86 to 88 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 87 to 89 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 | |
| 12 to 49 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 54 to 65.5 | |
| 97.4 to 99.59 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 19 to 25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |