C46200 Brass vs. C67000 Bronze
Both C46200 brass and C67000 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C46200 brass and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |