C66100 Bronze vs. C84000 Brass
Both C66100 bronze and C84000 brass are copper alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 C84000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 940 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 83 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 8.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 82 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.65 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 5.0 to 14 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |