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C44500 Brass vs. C66100 Bronze

Both C44500 brass and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 C44500 brass and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
410 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120
120 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 140
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 940
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 900
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
34
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
29
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 65
60 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
13 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13
14 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 35
9.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
15 to 29

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 70 to 73
92 to 97
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.070
0.2 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0.020 to 0.1
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
2.8 to 3.5
Tin (Sn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 25.2 to 29.1
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5