C64200 Bronze vs. C42600 Brass
Both C64200 bronze and C42600 brass are copper alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C64200 bronze and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 35 | |
| 1.1 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 390 | |
| 280 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 640 | |
| 410 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 320 | |
| 220 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 170 | |
| 9.4 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 470 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.3 to 7.6 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88.2 to 92.2 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 5.3 to 10.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |