C49300 Brass vs. C67500 Bronze
Both C49300 brass and C67500 bronze are copper alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C49300 brass and the bottom bar is C67500 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
100 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 20 | |
14 to 33 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
40 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 290 | |
270 to 350 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 520 | |
430 to 580 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 410 | |
170 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
170 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
120 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
890 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
870 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
390 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 88 | |
110 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
21 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
24 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
23 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
330 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 to 71 | |
61 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 800 | |
130 to 650 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
7.3 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
15 to 20 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
16 to 19 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 29 | |
34 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
57 to 60 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.8 to 2.0 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.050 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
0.5 to 1.5 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 40.5 | |
35.1 to 41.7 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |