CC330G Bronze vs. CC755S Brass
Both CC330G bronze and CC755S brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC330G bronze and the bottom bar is CC755S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 9.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 92 | |
| 59.5 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.2 to 1.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 35.8 to 38.9 |