C87900 Brass vs. C66100 Bronze
Both C87900 brass and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 68% 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 C87900 brass and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 410 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 53 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 60 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 63 to 69.2 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 2.8 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30 to 36 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |