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C66100 Bronze vs. C32000 Brass

Both C66100 bronze and C32000 brass are copper alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is C32000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
110
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 40
6.8 to 29
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
41
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 460
180 to 280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 410 to 790
270 to 470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 430
78 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
1020
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1000
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 34
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
28
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 53 to 120
30 to 59
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 60 to 790
28 to 680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 25
8.8 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 22
11 to 16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.7
47
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 29
9.5 to 16

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 92 to 97
83.5 to 86.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0.2 to 0.8
1.5 to 2.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.25
Silicon (Si), % 2.8 to 3.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
10.6 to 15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants