C27200 Brass vs. C62400 Bronze
Both C27200 brass and C62400 bronze are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C27200 brass and the bottom bar is C62400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 50 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 320 | |
| 420 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 590 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 410 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 270 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 810 | |
| 320 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 25 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 82.8 to 88 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.6 to 38 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |