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C93500 Bronze vs. C23400 Brass

Both C93500 bronze and C23400 brass are copper alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C93500 bronze and the bottom bar is C23400 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 38
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220
370 to 640

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1000
970
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 850
930
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 70
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
27
Density, g/cm3 9.0
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
320

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.3
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
12 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1
13 to 19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 22
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.5
12 to 22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 83 to 86
81 to 84
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.050
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 1.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.080
0
Tin (Sn), % 4.3 to 6.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
15.7 to 19
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2