C61400 Bronze vs. C41500 Brass
Both C61400 bronze and C41500 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% 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 C61400 bronze and the bottom bar is C41500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 2.0 to 42 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 380 | |
| 220 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 570 | |
| 340 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 190 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 67 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 11 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 160 to 1340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 92.5 | |
| 89 to 93 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.2 to 9.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |