C87600 Bronze vs. C87400 Brass
Both C87600 bronze and C87400 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C87600 bronze and the bottom bar is C87400 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.0 | |
| 6.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.4 | |
| 7.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88 to 92.5 | |
| 79 to 85.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |