C95500 Bronze vs. C68400 Brass
Both C95500 bronze and C68400 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95500 bronze and the bottom bar is C68400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 to 10 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 850 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 470 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 87 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 99 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 61 | |
| 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 950 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.030 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 84 | |
| 59 to 64 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.2 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 28.6 to 39.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |