C65400 Bronze vs. C26000 Brass
Both C65400 bronze and C26000 brass are copper alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C65400 bronze and the bottom bar is C26000 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.6 to 47 | |
2.5 to 66 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.31 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 82 to 120 | |
53 to 93 |
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 71 to 92 | |
52 to 78 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
41 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 530 | |
230 to 390 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1060 | |
320 to 680 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 910 | |
110 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
180 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
140 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
950 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
920 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
390 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
120 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
20 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
28 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
25 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
45 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
320 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 480 | |
6.1 to 420 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 3640 | |
51 to 1490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
7.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 34 | |
11 to 23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 27 | |
13 to 21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
38 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 39 | |
11 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0059 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.010 to 0.12 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 93.8 to 96.1 | |
68.5 to 71.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Silicon (Si), % | 2.7 to 3.4 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
28.1 to 31.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |