C37100 Brass vs. C63200 Bronze
Both C37100 brass and C63200 bronze are copper alloys. They have 60% 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 C37100 brass and the bottom bar is C63200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 390 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 520 | |
| 640 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 310 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 30 | |
| 7.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 120 | |
| 95 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 750 | |
| 400 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 78.8 to 82.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |