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C51100 Bronze vs. C84500 Brass

Both C51100 bronze and C84500 brass are copper alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C51100 bronze and the bottom bar is C84500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
100
Elongation at Break, % 2.5 to 50
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
39
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330 to 720
240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 93 to 700
97

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1060
980
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 970
840
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
360
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 84
72
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
16
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 20
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
28
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 340
340

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 18 to 140
54
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 38 to 2170
45
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
6.6
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 10 to 22
7.7
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12 to 20
9.8
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 25
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 26
8.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 93.8 to 96.5
77 to 79
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
6.0 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0.030 to 0.35
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 3.5 to 4.9
2.0 to 4.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
10 to 14
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.7