C42200 Brass vs. C67600 Bronze
Both C42200 brass and C67600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 71% 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 C42200 brass and the bottom bar is C67600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 46 | |
| 13 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 350 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 610 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 570 | |
| 170 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 31 | |
| 24 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 110 | |
| 63 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 49 to 1460 | |
| 140 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 21 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.4 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 8.7 to 13.2 | |
| 35.2 to 41.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |