C61400 Bronze vs. C85800 Brass
Both C61400 bronze and C85800 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61400 bronze and the bottom bar is C85800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 570 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 67 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 48 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 92.5 | |
| 57 to 69 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 31 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |