H06 C52400 Bronze vs. H06 C66300 Brass
Both H06 C52400 bronze and H06 C66300 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H06 (extra hard) temper. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H06 C52400 bronze and the bottom bar is H06 C66300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.8 to 91 | |
| 84.5 to 87.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.4 to 2.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 6.0 to 12.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |