CC753S Brass vs. C87200 Bronze
Both CC753S brass and C87200 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC753S brass and the bottom bar is C87200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 | |
| 85 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 820 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 99 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 6.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 6.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 | |
| 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 8.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56.8 to 60.5 | |
| 89 to 99 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 5.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.1 to 40 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |