C46500 Brass vs. C31600 Bronze
Both C46500 brass and C31600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C46500 brass and the bottom bar is C31600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 6.7 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 270 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 80 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 33 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 28 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 11 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 9.4 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 87.5 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 5.2 to 10.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |