C44400 Brass vs. C90800 Bronze
Both C44400 brass and C90800 bronze are copper alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C44400 brass and the bottom bar is C90800 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
110 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
40 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
330 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 | |
170 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
190 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
990 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
870 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
370 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
68 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
18 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
11 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 27 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
36 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
3.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
62 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
410 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 65 | |
140 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
6.9 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
11 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
12 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
21 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 70 to 73 | |
85.3 to 89 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
11 to 13 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 25.2 to 29.1 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |