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C46500 Brass vs. C66100 Bronze

Both C46500 brass and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C46500 brass and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
120
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 50
8.0 to 40
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
43
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 380
280 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 610
410 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 490
120 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 900
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 890
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
34
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
29
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 160
53 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 1170
60 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 21
13 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 20
14 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 38
9.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
15 to 29

Alloy Composition

Arsenic (As), % 0.020 to 0.060
0
Copper (Cu), % 59 to 62
92 to 97
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.2
0.2 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0
2.8 to 3.5
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 36.2 to 40.5
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants