C69700 Brass vs. C95500 Bronze
Both C69700 brass and C95500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 78% 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 C69700 brass and the bottom bar is C95500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 8.4 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 700 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 320 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 420 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 75 to 80 | |
| 78 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.9 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |