C22600 Bronze vs. C34200 Brass
Both C22600 bronze and C34200 brass are copper alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C22600 bronze and the bottom bar is C34200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 33 | |
| 3.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 46 to 85 | |
| 53 to 91 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 51 to 77 | |
| 52 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 230 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 570 | |
| 370 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 490 | |
| 150 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 42 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 100 | |
| 9.0 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1070 | |
| 110 to 870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 52 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 12 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 10.7 to 14 | |
| 32 to 36.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |