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C46400 Brass vs. C65500 Bronze

Both C46400 brass and C65500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C46400 brass and the bottom bar is C65500 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
120
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 40
4.0 to 70
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
43
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 310
260 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 500
360 to 760
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160 to 320
120 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 900
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 890
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
36
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 29
7.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
29
Calomel Potential, mV -400
-270
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 140
11 to 450
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 500
62 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 17
12 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 17
13 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 38
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 16
12 to 26

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 59 to 62
91.5 to 96.7
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.8
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.5 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.6
Silicon (Si), % 0
2.8 to 3.8
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 36.3 to 40.5
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants