C33200 Brass vs. C50100 Bronze
Both C33200 brass and C50100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C33200 brass and the bottom bar is C50100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.0 to 60 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 26 to 69 | |
| 35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 300 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 520 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 450 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
| 55 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 35 to 150 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 960 | |
| 29 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 9.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 65 to 68 | |
| 98.6 to 99.49 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 29 to 33.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |