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C65400 Bronze vs. C38000 Brass

Both C65400 bronze and C38000 brass are copper alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C65400 bronze and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
100
Elongation at Break, % 2.6 to 47
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
39
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 530
230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 1060
380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 910
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
110
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
800
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 960
760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
22
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 10 to 480
50
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 3640
74
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 34
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 27
14
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 39
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0.010 to 0.12
0
Copper (Cu), % 93.8 to 96.1
55 to 60
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
1.5 to 2.5
Silicon (Si), % 2.7 to 3.4
0
Tin (Sn), % 1.2 to 1.9
0 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
35.9 to 43.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5