POOSHESH STEELPERGAS

UNS C21000 (CW500L) Gilding Brass

Copper Alloys

OS050 (annealed to 0.050mm grain size)

Property Overview

Density8.8g/cm³
Elastic Modulus110GPa
Tensile Strength240MPa
Yield Strength69MPa
Brinell HardnessUnknown
Maximum Service Temperature190°C
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Chemical Composition

CU
94 to 96%
PB
0 to 0.030%
RES.
Residuals res. | | 0 to 0.2%
RESIDUALS RES.
0 to 0.2%
ZN
3.7 to 6.0%
FE
0 to 0.050%

Mechanical

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
110 GPa
Elongation at Break
45 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.34
Shear Modulus
43 GPa
Shear Strength
190 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
240 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
69 MPa

Hardness

Rockwell F Hardness
46

Physical

Density
8.8 g/cm 3

Thermal

Latent Heat of Fusion
200 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
190 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1070 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1050 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
390 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
230 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
69 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
18 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
8.1 points

Electrical

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
56 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
57 % IACS

Calculated

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
81 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
21 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
7.2 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
18 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
7.4 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
9.6 points

Environmental

Base Metal Price
30 % relative
Embodied Carbon
2.6 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
42 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
42 MJ/kg 18 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
310 L/kg
Embodied Water
310 L/kg 37 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
C21000CW500LCW500LCuZn5UNS C21000 (CW500L) Gilding Brass
Standards

ASTM B134 ASTM B134: Standard Specification for Brass Wire

ASTM B134 ASTM B134: Standard Specification for Brass Wire ASTM B36: Standard Specification for Brass Plate, Sheet, Strip, And Rolled Bar Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, Gunter Joseph, 2001 Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993

ASTM B36 ASTM B36: Standard Specification for Brass Plate, Sheet, Strip, And Rolled Bar

EN 12163 EN 12163: 1998 Copper and copper alloys. Rod for general purposes

EN 12449 EN 12449: 1999 Copper and copper alloys. Seamless, round tubes for general purposes

EN 13148 EN 13148: 2001 Copper and copper alloys. Hot-dip tinned strip

EN 1652 EN 1652: 1998 Copper and copper alloys. Plate, sheet, strip and circles for general purposes