C95300 Bronze vs. C46200 Brass
Both C95300 bronze and C46200 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% 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 C95300 bronze and the bottom bar is C46200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 17 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 370 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 120 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 63 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
| 69 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 420 | |
| 72 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.5 to 90.2 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.3 to 37.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |