C95500 Bronze vs. C99750 Brass
Both C95500 bronze and C99750 brass are copper alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C95500 bronze and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 to 10 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 850 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 470 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 61 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 950 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 84 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |