C94700 Bronze vs. C27400 Brass
Both C94700 bronze and C27400 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94700 bronze and the bottom bar is C27400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
| 370 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 54 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 12 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85 to 90 | |
| 61 to 64 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 35.6 to 39 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |