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C23000 Brass vs. C66100 Bronze

Both C23000 brass and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C23000 brass and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 2.9 to 47
8.0 to 40
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
43
Shear Strength, MPa 220 to 340
280 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 590
410 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 83 to 480
120 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1030
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 990
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
34
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
29
Density, g/cm3 8.6
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.2 to 260
53 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 31 to 1040
60 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.9 to 19
13 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 18
14 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
9.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.4 to 20
15 to 29

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu), % 84 to 86
92 to 97
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0.2 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0
2.8 to 3.5
Zinc (Zn), % 13.7 to 16
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants