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C66100 Bronze vs. C42200 Brass

Both C66100 bronze and C42200 brass are copper alloys. They have 89% 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 C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
110
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 40
2.0 to 46
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
42
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 460
210 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 410 to 790
300 to 610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 430
100 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
1040
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1000
1020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 34
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
29
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 53 to 120
12 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 60 to 790
49 to 1460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 25
9.5 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 22
11 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.7
39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 29
10 to 21

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 92 to 97
86 to 89
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0.2 to 0.8
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.35
Silicon (Si), % 2.8 to 3.5
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
8.7 to 13.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants