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C93500 Bronze vs. C43000 Brass

Both C93500 bronze and C43000 brass are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C93500 bronze and the bottom bar is C43000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Elongation at Break, % 15
3.0 to 55
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 38
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220
320 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
130 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1000
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 850
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 70
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 15
27
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 15
28

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
29
Density, g/cm3 9.0
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 28
20 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 59
82 to 1350
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.3
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
10 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1
12 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 22
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.5
11 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 83 to 86
84 to 87
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.1
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
1.7 to 2.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
9.7 to 14.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5