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C40500 Penny Bronze vs. C49300 Brass

Both C40500 penny bronze and C49300 brass are copper alloys. They have 65% 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 C40500 penny bronze and the bottom bar is C49300 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
100
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 49
4.5 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
40
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 310
270 to 290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270 to 540
430 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 79 to 520
210 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1060
880
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
840
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
88
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 41
15
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 42
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
26
Density, g/cm3 8.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
370

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 110
21 to 71
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 28 to 1200
220 to 800
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
15 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 10 to 17
16 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.5 to 19
14 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.5
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 94 to 96
58 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.030
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.2
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.1
Tin (Sn), % 0.7 to 1.3
1.0 to 1.8
Zinc (Zn), % 2.1 to 5.3
30.6 to 40.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants