C53400 Bronze vs. C35600 Brass
Both C53400 bronze and C35600 brass are copper alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C53400 bronze and the bottom bar is C35600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 67 to 93 | |
| 53 to 91 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 33 to 79 | |
| 52 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 720 | |
| 340 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 22 | |
| 11 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 21 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 26 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.8 to 95.7 | |
| 60 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 3.5 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 33.4 to 38 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |