C43000 Brass vs. C92200 Bronze
Both C43000 brass and C92200 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C43000 brass and the bottom bar is C92200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 55 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 30 to 100 | |
| 65 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 710 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 550 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 150 | |
| 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 1350 | |
| 87 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 23 | |
| 8.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 25 | |
| 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 84 to 87 | |
| 86 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.7 to 2.7 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 9.7 to 14.3 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |