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C65400 Bronze vs. C43500 Brass

Both C65400 bronze and C43500 brass are copper alloys. They have 82% 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 C65400 bronze and the bottom bar is C43500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Elongation at Break, % 2.6 to 47
8.5 to 46
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
42
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 530
220 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 1060
320 to 530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 910
120 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 960
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
28
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 7.3
30

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
28
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.5
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
44 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 3640
65 to 1040
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 34
10 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 27
12 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 39
11 to 18

Alloy Composition

Chromium (Cr), % 0.010 to 0.12
0
Copper (Cu), % 93.8 to 96.1
79 to 83
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.090
Silicon (Si), % 2.7 to 3.4
0
Tin (Sn), % 1.2 to 1.9
0.6 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
15.4 to 20.4
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3

Comparable Variants