C46200 Brass vs. C67500 Bronze
Both C46200 brass and C67500 bronze are copper alloys. They have a very high 95% 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 C67500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 14 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 170 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 61 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 130 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 35.1 to 41.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |