C40500 Penny Bronze vs. C87800 Brass
Both C40500 penny bronze and C87800 brass are copper alloys. They have 86% 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 C87800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 49 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 46 to 82 | |
| 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 540 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 79 to 520 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 41 | |
| 6.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 42 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 110 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 28 to 1200 | |
| 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 96 | |
| 80 to 84.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.1 to 5.3 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |