CC212E Bronze vs. CC763S Brass
Both CC212E bronze and CC763S brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC212E bronze and the bottom bar is CC763S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 390 | |
| 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68 to 77 | |
| 56.5 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 18.9 to 41 |