C42600 Brass vs. C95300 Bronze
Both C42600 brass and C95300 bronze are copper alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C42600 brass and the bottom bar is C95300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 40 | |
| 14 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 830 | |
| 520 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 810 | |
| 190 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 63 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 26 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.4 to 140 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 2970 | |
| 170 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 33 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 86.5 to 90.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.3 to 10.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |