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C84500 Brass vs. C66100 Bronze

Both C84500 brass and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 80% 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 C84500 brass and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
120
Elongation at Break, % 28
8.0 to 40
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
410 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97
120 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 150
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 980
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 840
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 72
34
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
29
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 340
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 54
53 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 45
60 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.6
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
13 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.8
14 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 23
9.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6
15 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Copper (Cu), % 77 to 79
92 to 97
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 6.0 to 7.5
0.2 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
2.8 to 3.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.080
0
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 10 to 14
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5