MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C66100 Bronze vs. C46500 Brass

Both C66100 bronze and C46500 brass are copper alloys. They have 62% 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 C46500 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
100
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 40
18 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
40
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 460
280 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 410 to 790
380 to 610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 430
190 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1000
890
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 34
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
23
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 53 to 120
99 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 60 to 790
170 to 1170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 25
13 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 22
15 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.7
38
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 29
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Arsenic (As), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Copper (Cu), % 92 to 97
59 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0.2 to 0.8
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.8 to 3.5
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
36.2 to 40.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants