MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C31600 Bronze vs. C66700 Brass

Both C31600 bronze and C66700 brass are copper alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C31600 bronze and the bottom bar is C66700 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 28
2.0 to 58
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
41
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 270
250 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270 to 460
340 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 80 to 390
100 to 640

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1040
1090
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
1050
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
97
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 32
17
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 33
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
25
Density, g/cm3 8.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 30 to 58
13 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 28 to 690
49 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.5 to 15
11 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 15
13 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 42
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.4 to 16
11 to 23

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 87.5 to 90.5
68.5 to 71.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 1.3 to 2.5
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0.040 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.2 to 10.5
26.3 to 30.7
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants