C26000 Brass vs. C51000 Bronze
Both C26000 brass and C51000 bronze are copper alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C26000 brass and the bottom bar is C51000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 66 | |
| 2.7 to 64 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 93 | |
| 26 to 97 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 52 to 78 | |
| 42 to 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 250 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 680 | |
| 330 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 570 | |
| 130 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 77 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 to 420 | |
| 7.0 to 490 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 51 to 1490 | |
| 75 to 2490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 10 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 12 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0059 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68.5 to 71.5 | |
| 92.9 to 95.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.1 to 31.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |