H04 C23400 Brass vs. H04 C54400 Bronze
Both H04 C23400 brass and H04 C54400 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H04 (full hard) temper. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 H04 C23400 brass and the bottom bar is H04 C54400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 80 | |
| 85 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 71 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 86 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 81 to 84 | |
| 85.4 to 91.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 15.7 to 19 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |