C40500 Penny Bronze vs. C23400 Brass
Both C40500 penny bronze and C23400 brass are copper alloys. They have 86% 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 C40500 penny bronze and the bottom bar is C23400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 46 to 82 | |
| 52 to 91 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 10 to 72 | |
| 51 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 540 | |
| 370 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 17 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 17 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 12 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 96 | |
| 81 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.1 to 5.3 | |
| 15.7 to 19 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |