C92700 Bronze vs. C87800 Brass
Both C92700 bronze and C87800 brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C92700 bronze and the bottom bar is C87800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 77 | |
| 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 6.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.1 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 80 to 84.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 3.8 to 4.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |