C46200 Brass vs. C67300 Bronze
Both C46200 brass and C67300 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C46200 brass and the bottom bar is C67300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 95 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 55 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.4 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 27.2 to 39.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |